Phanerozoic strike-slip faulting in the continental interior platform of the United States: Examples from the Laramide Orogen, midcontinent, and Ancestral Rocky Mountains

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 210, Issue , 2003, Pages 159-184

  Marshak, S ^a   Nelson, W J ^b   McBride, J H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; FAULT ZONE; LARAMIDE OROGENY; OROGENY; PHANEROZOIC; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141684817     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.210.01.10     Document Type: Article

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