Fault dating in the Canadian Rocky Mountains: Evidence for late Cretaceous and early Eocene orogenic pulses

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 837-840

  van der Pluijm, Ben A ^a   Vrolijk, Peter J ^b   Pevear, David R ^b,d   Hall, Chris M ^a   Solum, John ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Faults; Geochronology; Gouge; Orogeny; Rocky Mountains

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN RATE; TECTONICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CANADA; FAULT DATING; FAULT ROCKS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EOCENE; FAULT GOUGE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; OROGENY; TECTONIC WEDGE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 33750056344     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22610.1     Document Type: Article

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