Constraints on extension-related plutonism from modeling of the Colorado River gravity high

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1242-1255

  Campbell, Erin A ^a   John, Barbara E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC MODELS; GRANITE; GRAVITATION; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LANDFORMS; SEISMOLOGY; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

BOUGUER GRAVITY DATUM; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CRUSTAL EXTENSION; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; DETACHMENT FAULT; DETAILED MODELING; GRAVITY ANOMALIES; THREE DIMENSIONS; BASIN AND RANGE; COLORADO RIVER; DENSE MATERIALS; MAFIC INTRUSION; MINOR SURFACES;

RIVERS;

DENSITY; DETACHMENT FAULT; DIORITE; GRANITE; GRAVITY ANOMALY; GRAVITY FIELD; GRAVITY FLOW; MAGMA; MIOCENE; MIXING; PLUTONISM; EXTENSION; TERTIARY;

COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; COLORADO RIVER; USA;

EID: 0030423891     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<1242:COERPF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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