Deep mantle forces and the uplift of the Colorado Plateau

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Moucha, Robert ^a   Forte, Alessandro M ^a   Rowley, David B ^d   Mitrovica, Jerry X ^c   Simmons, Nathan A ^e   Grand, Stephen P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALTIC VOLCANISM; CENTRAL BASIN; COLORADO PLATEAU; GRAND CANYONS; MAGMATISMS; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE HETEROGENEITY; MANTLE UPWELLINGS; QUANTITATIVE MODELS;

TECTONICS;

MAGMATISM; MANTLE CONVECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT; VOLCANISM;

COLORADO PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72049129122     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039778     Document Type: Article

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