Evolution of the North American Cordillera

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue , 2004, Pages 13-45

  Dickinson, William R ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental margin; Crustal genesis; Geologic history; Orogen; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTATION; TECTONICS;

FAULTING; ISLANDS; RIFTING;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CORDILLERA; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; OROGENIC BELT; RODINIA; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1942542581     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.32.101802.120257     Document Type: Review

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