Hit-and-run collision model for the Laramide orogeny, western United States

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 968-972

  Maxson, Julie ^a   Tikoff, Basil ^b  

^a CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; COLLIDING PLATES; COLLISION MODEL; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; LATE CRETACEOUS; PALEOMAGNETIC DATA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

TECTONICS;

COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY; LARAMIDE OROGENY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE TECTONICS; TERRANE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; OBLIQUE CONVERGENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0030442007     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0968:HARCMF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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