Paleozoic tectonic domains of Nevada: An interpretive discussion to accompany the geologic map of Nevada

Geosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 260-291

  Elizabeth Jones Crafford, A ^a  

^a GeoLogic   (United States)

Author keywords

Antler terrane; Nevada; Paleozoic; Tectonic

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BASIN; BELT; CARBONATE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; DEVONIAN; EXHUMATION; FACIES; FORELAND BASIN; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; PALEOZOIC; PENNSYLVANIAN; PERMIAN; PLATE BOUNDARY; SANDSTONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TERRANE;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70249104208     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00108.1     Document Type: Article

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