Regional structure and kinematic history of the Sevier fold-and-thrust belt, central Utah: Reply

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 508-512

  Coogan, James C ^a   DeCelles, Peter G ^b  

^a WESTERN STATE COLORADO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOLLEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT GEOMETRY; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; KINEMATICS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; UNCONFORMITY;

SEVIER COUNTY [UTAH]; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 33947433636     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26176.1     Document Type: Note

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