Metamorphic and structural evidence for significant vertical displacement along the Ross Lake fault zone, a major orogen-parallel shear zone in the Cordillera of western North America

Tectonics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 662-681

  Baldwin, Julia A ^a,c   Whitney, Donna L ^a,d   Hurlow, Hugh A ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FAULT; METAMORPHISM; SHEAR ZONE; TERRANE; TERTIARY; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENT;

USA, WASHINGTON, CASCADES, ROSS LAKE FAULT;

EID: 0031429040     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97TC01476     Document Type: Article

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