Contrasting structural histories of the Salmon River belt and Wallowa terrane: Implications for terrane accretion in northeastern Oregon and west-central Idaho

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 687-706

  Gray, Keith D ^a   Oldow, John S ^b  

^a Dade Moeller and Associates   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cordilleran Arc; Mesozoic; Salmon River belt; Structure; Tectonics; Wallowa terrane

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHIC TECTONICS; PALEOZOIC PROTOLITHS; SALMON RIVER BELT; VOLCANIC ARCS;

CATCHMENTS; RIVERS; ROCKS; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

ROCK MECHANICS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MESOZOIC; PALEOZOIC; TERRANE;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; SALMON RIVER [IDAHO]; SALMON RIVER [OREGON]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18944377397     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25411.1     Document Type: Review

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