Crustal collapse, mantle upwelling, and Cenozoic extension in the North American Cordillera

Tectonics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 311-321

  Liu, Mian ^a   Shen, Yunqing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL COLLAPSE; EXTENSION; MANTLE UPWELLING;

NORTH AMERICA, NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA;

EID: 0031844329     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98TC00313     Document Type: Article

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