Three-dimensional strain produced by >50 My of episodic extension, Horse Prairie basin area, SW Montana, U.S.A.

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1747-1767

  Vandenburg, Colby J ^a   Janecke, Susanne U ^a   McIntosh, William C ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT-RELATED EXTENSIONAL FOLDING;

DEFORMATION; MAPPING; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRAIN; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BASIN ANALYSIS; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; FOLD BELT; RIFTING; STRAIN;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032422701     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(98)00084-4     Document Type: Article

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