Development of the Eocene Elko Basin, Northeastern Nevada : implications for paleogeography and regional tectonism

Middle to late Eocene sedimentary and volcanic rocks in northeastern Nevada document the formation of broad lakes, two periods of crustal extension, and provide compelling evidence that the Carlin trend was a topographic high during a major phase of gold formation. The Eocene Elko Formation consists...

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Main Author: Haynes, Simon Richard
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/14117

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