Geophysical study of the San Juan Mountains batholith complex, southwestern Colorado

Geosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 669-684

  Drenth, Benjamin J ^a,b   Keller, G Randy ^a   Thompson, Ren A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; GRAVITY ANOMALY; GRAVITY FIELD; MOUNTAIN REGION; PETROLOGY; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TOPOGRAPHY; VOLCANOLOGY;

COLORADO; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862514631     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00723.1     Document Type: Article

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