Introduction to late Cenozoic evaporite tectonism and volcanism in west-central Colorado

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 366, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-14

  Kirkham, Robert M ^a   Scott, Robert B ^b  

^a Senior Engineering Geologist   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; DISSOLUTION; EVAPORITE; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALT TECTONICS; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANISM;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870925496     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2366-3.1     Document Type: Review

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