Thermal modelling of the Laramide orogeny: Testing the flat-slab subduction hypothesis

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 214, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 619-632

  English, Joseph M ^a   Johnston, Stephen T ^b   Wang, Kelin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cordillera; Flat slab subduction; Laramide orogeny; North America; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; LARAMIDE OROGENY; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

CORDILLERA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0141631693     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00399-6     Document Type: Article

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