Lower Paleozoic stratigraphy and structure of central Nevada: Comparisons and contrasts between the lower and upper plates of the Roberts Mountains thrust

GSA Field Guides

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages 279-300

  Finney, Stanley C ^a   Noble, Paula ^b   Cluer, J Kelly ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c Cameco (US) Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; LIME; LIMESTONE; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; SEA LEVEL; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY;

CARBONATE PLATFORMS; CARBONATE UNITS; FORELAND BASIN; LATE ORDOVICIAN; LOWER PALEOZOIC; MIDDLE DEVONIAN; QUARTZ SAND; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY;

LANDFORMS;

EID: 0141844707     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-0002-7.279     Document Type: Article

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