Paleostress in cratonic North America: Implications for deformation of continental interiors

Science

Volumn 277, Issue 5327, 1997, Pages 794-796

  Van Der Pluijm, Ben A ^a   Craddock, John P ^b   Graham, Brita R ^a   Harris, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

CONTINENTAL INTERIOR; CRATON; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; PALAEOSTRESS; PALAEOZOIC; TERTIARY;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; GEOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030861908     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.277.5327.794     Document Type: Article

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21. We thank the Pew Charitable Trust, the Blandin Foundation, the Huron Mountain Wildlite Foundation, and NSF for grants EAR 90-04181 and ACS-PRF 27461-AC8. Comments by R. Van der Voo and three anonymous reviewers are greatly appreciated.