Plume-modified orogeny: Ar\example from the western United States

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 731-734

  Brendan, J ^a   Oppliger, Gary L ^b   Brimhall, George H ^c   Hynes, Andrew ^d  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Kennecott Exploration Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISIONS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONVERGENT MARGIN; HOTSPOTS; LATE CRETACEOUS; OCEANIC CRUST; OCEANIC REGIONS; REFERENCE FRAME; VOLCANIC ISLANDS; WESTERN UNITED STATES; OROGENIC PROCESS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONVERGENT MARGIN; OROGENY; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION; VOLCANIC ISLAND; OCEANIC CRUST; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES;

GEOLOGY;

EID: 0000356091     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0731:PMOAEF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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