General geology and tectonic setting of the Tobacco Root Mountains

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 377, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-14

  Burger, H Robert ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Archean; Big Sky orogeny; Proterozoic; Tobacco Root Mountains; Wyoming Province

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TOBACCO;

ARCHEAN; BIG SKY OROGENY; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; PROTEROZOIC; STRUCTURAL MAPPING; TECTONIC SETTINGS; TECTONO-THERMAL EVENT; WYOMING;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ARCHEAN; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

MONTANA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; TOBACCO ROOT MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 77951458803     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2377-9.1     Document Type: Article

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