Roberts Mountains allochthon and the western margin of the Cordilleran miogeocline in the Northern Ritter Range pendant, eastern Sierra Nevada, California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1294-1305

  Greene, David C ^a   Schweickert, Richard A ^b   Stevens, Calvin H ^c  

^a DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

LOWER PALEOZOIC; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; MISSISSIPPIANS; OROGENIC BELTS; SIERRA NEVADA , CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA BATHOLITH; STRUCTURAL BELT; STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIP;

LANDFORMS;

ALLOCHTHON; ARGILLITE; AUTOCHTHON; CHERT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; GEOSYNCLINE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; PALEOZOIC; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CALIFORNIA; NEVADA; ROBERTS MOUNTAINS; RUSH CREEK; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0031396318     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<1294:RMAATW>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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