Prograde metamorphism, strain evolution, and collapse of footwalls of thick thrust sheets: a case study from the Mesozoic Sevier hinterland U.S.A.

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1023-1042

  Camilleri, Phyllis A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METACARBONATE; METAMORPHISM; METAPELITE; METAPSAMMITE; QUARTZITE; THERMAL RELAXATION;

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DEFORMATION; DUCTILITY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRAIN; STRATIGRAPHY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FOOTWALL; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; THRUST;

EID: 0032147598     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(98)00032-7     Document Type: Article

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