The long-term burial and exhumation history of basement blocks in the footwall of the Wasatch fault, Utah

Rocky Mountain Geology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-119

  Nelson, Stephen T ^a   Harris, Ronald A ^a   Kowallis, Bart J ^a   Dorais, Michael ^a   Constenius, Kurt N ^b   Heizler, Matthew ^c   Barnett, Daniel ^d  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Parr Waddoups Brown Gee   (United States)

Author keywords

Farmington canyon complex; Santaquin complex; Thermochronology; Wasatch fault

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; BASEMENT ROCK; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; EXHUMATION; FOOTWALL; FORELAND BASIN; HOLOCENE; MIOCENE; NORMAL FAULT; P-T-T PATH; PASSIVE MARGIN; PROTEROZOIC; SLIP RATE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; THRUST;

UNITED STATES; UTAH; WASATCH FAULT ZONE;

EID: 73649094783     PISSN: 15557332     EISSN: 15557340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsrocky.44.2.103     Document Type: Article

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