The crust of the Colorado Plateau: New views of an old arc

Journal of Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 387-397

  Condie, Kent C ^a   Selverstone, Jane ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ISLAND ARC;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033401732     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314363     Document Type: Article

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