Detachment fold train, Reed Wash area, west flank San Rafael Swell, Utah: An example of a limb-lengthening, roll-through folding process on the eastern margin of the Sevier thrust belt

Mountain Geologist

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 45-64

  Royse Jr , Frank ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANHYDRITE; DECOLLEMENT; DETACHMENT FOLDING; GYPSIFICATION; ROLL THROUGH FOLDING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST BELT;

USA, UTAH, SAN RAFAEL SWELL, REED WASH;

EID: 0030482594     PISSN: 0027254X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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