Reconstructing the snake river-hoback river canyon section of the wyoming thrust belt through direct dating of clay-rich fault rocks

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 433, Issue , 2007, Pages 183-196

  Solum, John G ^a   Van Der Pluijm, Ben A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay gouge; Illite; Sevier orogeny; Wyoming thrust belt

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; RIVERS;

AUTHIGENIC ILLITES; CLAY GOUGES; DATING TECHNIQUES; FAULT ACTIVITY; ILLITE; INDIVIDUAL SIZE; SEVIER OROGENY; THRUST BELTS;

POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

CANYON; CLAY; ILLITE; OROGENY; POLYTYPISM; RIVER; SEDIMENTATION; THRUST;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 52749095440     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2433(09)     Document Type: Article

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