Extensional collapse along the Sevier Desert reflection, northern Sevier Desert basin, western United States

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 933-936

  Coogan, James C ^a   DeCelles, Peter G ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; SEISMOLOGY;

EXTENSIONAL COLLAPSE; EXTENSIONAL FAULTS; LATE OLIGOCENE; LISTRIC NORMAL FAULTS; NORMAL DISPLACEMENT; NORMAL FAULT ZONES; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

FAULT SLIPS;

BASIN ANALYSIS; DESERT; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT GEOMETRY; NORMAL FAULT; OLIGOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; CAINOZOIC; EXTENSIONAL COLLAPSE; FAULT;

SEVIER DESERT; UNITED STATES; UTAH; SEVIER DESERT BASIN; USA;

EID: 0030440727     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0933:ECATSD>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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