Charleston transverse zone, Wasatch Mountains, Utah: Structure of the Provo salient's northern margin, Sevier fold-thrust belt

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 512-522

  Paulsen, Timothy ^a,b   Marshak, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHES; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

ACCOMMODATION ZONE; FLOWER STRUCTURES; FOLD-THRUST BELTS; NORMAL FAULTS; OBLIQUE EXTENSION; PALEOMAGNETIC DATA; REVERSE FAULTS; TECTONIC MODELS; CHANGE IN THICKNESS; STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES;

FAULT SLIPS;

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; PALEOMAGNETISM; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CHARLESTON; PROVO; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WASATCH RANGE; USA;

EID: 0031712339     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1998)110<0512:CTZWMU>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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