Fault-related folding during extension: Plunging basement-cored folds in the Basin and Range

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 223-226

  Howard, Keith A ^a   John, Barbara E ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROCKS;

BASEMENT FAULTS; BASEMENT ROCKS; BASIN AND RANGE; FAULT-RELATED FOLDING; LABORATORY MODELS; NORMAL FAULTS;

BUILDINGS;

BASEMENT ROCK; EXTENSION; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULTING; FOLDING; NORMAL FAULT; RELIEF; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; PLUNGING FOLD;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; USA;

EID: 0030835576     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0223:FRFDEP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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