Segmentation of the Laramide Slab - Evidence from the southern Sierra Nevada region

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 655-668

  Saleeby, Jason ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cordillera; Delamination; Laramide; Subduction; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERE;

DEFORMATION; EROSION; ROCKS; TOPOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

DELAMINATION; LARAMIDE OROGENY; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION; TECTONICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038608747     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2003)115<0655:SOTLSF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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