The role of mantle delamination in widespread Late Cretaceous extension and magmatism in the Cordilleran orogen, western United States

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 515-530

  Wells, Michael L ^a   Hoisch, Thomas D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cordilleran tectonics; Delamination; Laramide; Late Cretaceous; Synconvergent extension

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CORDILLERAN TECTONICS; CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; DYNAMIC STATES; EASTWARD PROPAGATION; EXTERNAL-; LARAMIDE; LATE CRETACEOUS; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; LOWER CRUST; MAGMATISM; MANTLE LITHOSPHERE; MOUNTAIN BELTS; MOUNTAIN BUILDING; PARTIAL MELTING; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SYNCONVERGENT EXTENSION; TIME INTERVALS; WESTERN UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HEATING; LANDFORMS; MINERALS; STEEL SHEET; TECTONICS;

DELAMINATION;

ANATEXIS; CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DELAMINATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; LOWER CRUST; OROGENY; PARTIAL MELTING; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SUBDUCTION;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA; PENINSULAR RANGES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49749137421     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26006.1     Document Type: Article

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