Comparison of tectonic styles in the Mexican and Canadian Rocky Mountain fold-thrust belt

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 349, Issue , 2011, Pages 149-167

  Fitz Diaz, Elisa ^a   Hudleston, Peter ^a   Tolson, Gustavo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; IMBRICATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC WEDGE;

CANADA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 79951489466     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP349.8     Document Type: Article

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