Large-scale duplex structures in the McConnell thrust sheet, Rocky Mountains, Southwest Alberta

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 408-425

  McMechan, M E ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOORS; GEOMETRY; ROOFS;

DUPLEX FORMATION; DUPLEX STRUCTURES; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; LATERAL DISPLACEMENTS; SIMULTANEOUS DEFORMATION; STRUCTURAL GEOMETRY; TECTONIC EROSION; VERTICAL SECTION;

FAULTING;

EID: 0041450000     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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