Dynamic subsidence and uplift of the Colorado Plateau

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 663-666

  Liu, Lijun ^a   Gurnis, Michael ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORADO PLATEAU; INVERSE MODELS; MANTLE CONVECTION; MIOCENE; MULTIPLE CONSTRAINT; OLIGOCENE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SHARP EDGES; TWO STAGE; UPPER MANTLE; VERTICAL MOTIONS; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

BUOYANCY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; TOMOGRAPHY;

SEISMOLOGY;

CRETACEOUS; MANTLE CONVECTION; MIOCENE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OLIGOCENE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION; SUBSIDENCE; UPLIFT; UPPER MANTLE; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

COLORADO PLATEAU; GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956017434     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30624.1     Document Type: Article

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