Inter-wedging nature of the Cheyenne belt – Archean-proterozoic suture defined by seismic reflection data

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 154, Issue , 2005, Pages 217-226

  Morozova, E A ^a   Wan, X ^a   Chamberlain, K R ^a   Smithson, S B ^a   Johnson, R ^b   Karlstrom, K E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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EID: 69549127608     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/154GM15     Document Type: Chapter

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