Palinspastic reconstruction of Proterozoic basement-related aeromagnetic features in north-central new mexico: Implications for Mesoproterozoic to late Cenozoic tectonism

Geosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 299-323

  Cather, S M ^a   Karlstrom, K E ^b   Timmons, J M ^a   Heizler, M T ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeromagnetic; Ancestral rocky mountains; Grenville; Laramide; Strike slip

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; CAMBRIAN; CENOZOIC; DIP-SLIP FAULT; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FAULT SLIP; METAMORPHISM; MIOCENE; MOUNTAIN; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; RECONSTRUCTION; RIFTING; SEPARATION; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONICS;

NEW MEXICO; RIO GRANDE [NORTH AMERICA]; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44649161976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00045.1     Document Type: Article

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