More than one way to stretch: A tectonic model for extension along the plume track of the Yellowstone hotspot and adjacent Basin and Range Province

Tectonics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 221-234

  Parsons, Tom ^a   Thompson, George A ^b   Smith, Richard P ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTENSION; HOT SPOT; NEOTECTONICS; TECTONIC MODEL;

USA, IDAHO, SNAKE RIVER PLAIN;

EID: 0031813971     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98TC00463     Document Type: Article

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