Tectonic inferences from the ca. 1255-1100 Ma Unkar Group and Nankoweap Formation, Grand Canyon: Intracratonic deformation and basin formation during protracted Grenville orogenesis

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 1573-1595

  Timmons, J Michael ^a   Karlstrom, Karl E ^b   Heizler, Matthew T ^a   Bowring, Samuel A ^c   Gehrels, George E ^d   Crossey, Laura J ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Gran Canyon; Grenville; Intracratonic rifting; Nankoweap Formation; Precambrian monocline; Unkar Group

Indexed keywords

CANYON; EXHUMATION RATES; INTRACRATONIC BASIN FORMATION; INTRACRATONIC RIFTING; MONOCLINE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

CARBONATE MINERALS; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRESSES; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; OROGENIC BELT; PRECAMBRIAN;

EID: 27844544814     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25538.1     Document Type: Review

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