Structural evolution of a Mesozoic backarc fold-and-thrust belt in the U.S. Cordillera: New evidence from northern Nevada

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1452-1468

  Wyld, Sandra J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Backarc basins; Blue Mountain; Fold and thrust belts; Luning Fencemaker; Mesozoic; Nevada

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHIC CONDITIONS;

CARBONATES; DEFORMATION; DUCTILITY; SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BACKARC BASIN; DEFORMATION; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; MESH SIZE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036861546     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<1452:SEOAMB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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