Linkage of Sevier thrusting episodes and late Cretaceous foreland basin megasequences across southern Wyoming (USA)

Basin Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 487-506

  Liu, Shao Feng ^a,b,c   Nummedal, Dag ^d   Yin, Pei Gui ^e   Luo, Hong Jun ^f  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^f BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN FILL; BELT; CRETACEOUS; FORELAND BASIN; THRUST;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 33745197099     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2005.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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