Extensional faulting, footwall deformation and plutonism in the mineral mountains, southern sevier desert

Brigham Young University Geology Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 203-233

  Coleman, Drew S ^a   Bartley, John M ^b   Douglas Walker, J ^c   Price, David E ^b   Friedrich, Anke M ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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