The dynamic nature of the continental crust-mantle boundary: Crustal evolution in the southern Rocky mountain region as an example

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 154, Issue , 2005, Pages 403-420

  Keller, G Randy ^a   Karlstrom, Karl E ^b   Williams, Michael L ^c   Miller, Kate C ^a   Andronicos, Christopher ^a   Levander, Alan R ^d   Snelson, Catherine M ^e   Prodehl, Claus ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

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EID: 34548227943     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/154GM30     Document Type: Chapter

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