Erratum: Epeirogeny in the Southern Rocky Mountains region: Evidence and origin (Geosphere vol. 1 (5) (764-784) 10.1130/GES00149.1);Epeirogeny in the Southern Rocky Mountains region: Evidence and origin

Geosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 764-784

  Eaton, Gordon P ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; CENOZOIC; CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL THINNING; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; OROGENY; PIEDMONT; PLUTON; SLOPE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

COLORADO; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 52649170325     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/1553-040X-4.6.918     Document Type: Erratum

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