Neogene basins of the northern Rio Grande rift: Partitioning and asymmetry inherited from Laramide and older uplifts

Tectonophysics

Volumn 305, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 141-152

  Kellogg, Karl S ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; Inherited structure; Laramide orogeny; Neogene extension; Rio Grande rift

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; LARAMIDE OROGENY; NEOGENE; PARTITIONING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033541942     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00013-X     Document Type: Article

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