Synclinal-horst basins: Examples from the southern Rio Grande rift and southern transition zone of southwestern New Mexico, USA

Basin Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 365-377

  Mack, Greg H ^a   Seager, William R ^a   Leeder, Mike R ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; HORST; NEOGENE; RIFTING; SEDIMENTATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141631890     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.2003.00212.x     Document Type: Article

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