Pennsylvanian sinistral faults along the southwest boundary of the Uncompahgre uplift, Ancestral Rocky Mountains, Colorado

Geosphere

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 119-132

  Thomas, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestral rocky mountains; Pennsylvanian; Sinistral fault; Synsedimentary fault; Uncompahgre uplift

Indexed keywords

BASIN; CRUSTAL THINNING; DISPLACEMENT; GRABEN; HORST; KINEMATICS; MOVEMENT; PENNSYLVANIAN; UPLIFT;

COLORADO; GWYNEDD; PARADOX BASIN; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SNOWDON; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WALES;

EID: 47249088856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00068.1     Document Type: Article

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