Laramide structure of the central Sangre de Cristo Mountains and adjacent Raton Basin, southern Colorado

Mountain Geologist

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 55-70

  Lindsey, David A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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