Initiation of the Western interior foreland basin

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 383-384

  Miall, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORELAND BASIN; PLATE MOTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC PLATE; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONIC ROTATION; TECTONIC SETTING;

WESTERN INTERIOR;

EID: 69649094132     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/focus042009.1     Document Type: Note

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