Paleomagnetism and geochronology of sills of the Doherty Mountain area, southwestern Montana: Implications for the timing of fold-and-thrust belt deformation and vertical-axis rotations along the southern margin of the Helena salient

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 1091-1104

  Harlan, Stephen S ^a   Geissman, John Wm ^b   Whisner, Stephen C ^c   Schmidt, Christopher J ^d  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Paleomagnetism; Structural geology; Tectonics; Thrust belt deformation

Indexed keywords

AXIS ROTATIONS; CAMBRIAN; CONSISTENT; DOHERTY; FAULT SYSTEMS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; LATE CRETACEOUS; MAGMATISM; MONTANA; PALEOMAGNETIC DATUM; PALEOMAGNETISM; REFERENCE DIRECTIONS; REMAGNETIZATION; REMANENT MAGNETIZATIONS; STUDY AREAS; THRUST BELT DEFORMATION; THRUST BELTS; UPPER PLATES; VOLCANICS;

ARGON; DATA STRUCTURES; DEFORMATION; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMAGNETISM; LANDFORMS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETS; METAL REFINING; MICA; ROTATION; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

ANTICLINE; CAMBRIAN; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGMATISM; MISSISSIPPIAN; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SILL; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SYNCLINE;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA;

EID: 54849439115     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26313.1     Document Type: Article

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