Implications of Jurassic, Cretaceous, and Proterozoic piercing lines for Laramide oblique-slip faulting in New Mexico and rotation of the Colorado Plateau: Discussion

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 789-790

  Lucas, Spencer G ^a   Anderson, Orin J ^a   Black, Bruce A ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Laramide; New mexico; Piercing lines; Pinchout; Shoreline

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; LARAMIDE OROGENY; OBLIQUE FAULT; PROTEROZOIC; SHORELINE; SLIP;

COLORADO PLATEAU; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0009272451     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2000)112<789:IOJCAP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Note

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