Lewis and Clark line and the rotational origin of the Alberta and Helena salients, north American Cordillera

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 383, Issue , 2004, Pages 173-186

  Sears, James W ^a   Hendrix, Marc S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Montana; Rocky mountains; Salient; Shear zone; Thrust belt

Indexed keywords

SAPPHIRE;

MONTANA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SALIENT; SHEAR ZONE; THRUST BELTS;

ROTATION;

CAMPANIAN; CLEAVAGE; CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; MAASTRICHTIAN; MOUNTAIN; PALEOCENE; SEDIMENT; SHEAR ZONE; THRUST;

ALBERTA; CANADA; HELENA; MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744968045     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2383-3(2004)383[173:LACLAT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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