Stratigraphy and structure of the Sevier thrust belt and proximal foreland-basin system in central Utah: A transect from the Sevier Desert to the Wasatch Plateau

Brigham Young University Geology Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 33-67

  Lawton, T F ^a   Sprinkel, D A ^b   Decelles, P G ^c   Mitra, G ^d   Sussman, A J ^d   Weiss, M P ^e  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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