Erratum: Hydrodynamic mechanism for the Laramide orogeny [GEOSPHERE, 7, 1, (183-201)] doi 10.1130/GES00575.1;Hydrodynamic mechanism for the Laramide orogeny

Geosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 183-201

  Jones, Craig H ^a   Farmer, G Lang ^a   Sageman, Brad ^b   Zhong, Shijie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; HYDRODYNAMICS; LARAMIDE OROGENY; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SHEAR STRESS; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

COLORADO PLATEAU; UNITED STATES; WYOMING CRATON;

EID: 79952852550     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00575e2.1     Document Type: Erratum

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