Fallen arches: Dispelling myths concerning Cambrian and Ordovician paleogeography of the Rocky Mountain region

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 695-713

  Myrow, Paul M ^a   Taylor, John F ^b   Miller, James F ^c   Ethington, Raymond L ^d   Ripperdan, Robert L ^e   Allen, Joseph ^f  

^a University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c SW Missouri State University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^f Business Administration and Division of Business and Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Cambrian; Colorado; Ordovician; Transcontinental Arch

Indexed keywords

STRATA;

DEPOSITION; EROSION; ISOTOPES; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

GEOLOGY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMBRIAN; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0038163875     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2003)115<0695:FADMCC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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