Reconstructing the kinematic evolution of curved mountain belts: A paleomagnetic study of Triassic red beds from the Wyoming salient, Sevier thrust belt, U.S.A

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 3-23

  Weil, Arlo Brandon ^a   Yonkee, Adolph ^b   Sussman, Aviva ^c  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL DETACHMENT; COMPLEX PATTERN; CURVED FOLD; DEGREE OF SCATTER; INTERNAL STRAINS; KINEMATIC EVOLUTION; KINEMATIC MODEL; LARAMIDE; LEADING EDGE; MAGNETIC BEHAVIOR; MEAN VECTOR; MOUNTAIN BELTS; PALEOMAGNETIC DATA; RED BED; REMAGNETIZATION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THREE COMPONENT; THRUST BELTS; THRUST SYSTEMS; THRUST WEDGES; TRANSFER ZONES; TRIASSIC; VERTICAL-AXIS ROTATION; WYOMING;

IRON ORES; KINEMATICS; LANDFORMS; OXIDE MINERALS; ROTATION; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TECTONICS;

MAGNETIZATION;

FOLD AND THRUST BELT; KINEMATICS; MAGNETIC DECLINATION; MAGNETIZATION; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOMAGNETISM; RED BED; REMAGNETIZATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONIC ROTATION; TRIASSIC;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 77950267356     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26483.1     Document Type: Article

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