Proterozoic metamorphism and uplift history of the north-central Laramie Mountains, Wyoming, USA

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 243-258

  Patel, S C ^a,b   Frost, B R ^a   Chamberlain, K R ^a   Snyder, G L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032789552     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.1999.00201.x     Document Type: Article

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