Gravitational collapse of a Paleoproterozoic orogen, southern Hualapai Mountains, Arizona

Precambrian Research

Volumn 175, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 35-50

  Bonamici, Chloë E ^a   Duebendorfer, Ernest M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collapse; Exhumation; P T conditions; Partial melting; Proterozoic; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKENING; EXHUMATION; GRAVITY ANOMALY; OROGENY; P-T CONDITIONS; PARTIAL MELTING; PROTEROZOIC; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCK; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

ARIZONA; HUALAPAI MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350704668     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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