Western frontal fault of the Canyon Range: Is it the breakaway zone of the sevier desert detachment?: Comment

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 667-668

  Wills, Stewart ^a   Anders, Mark H ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANYON; DESERT; DETACHMENT FAULT; DETACHMENT FOLD; FRONTAL FEATURE;

CANYON RANGE; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84872090790     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0667:WFFOTC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Letter

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3. Hamilton, W., 1994, "Sevier Desert detachment," Utah-A nonexistent structure: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 26, no. 2, 57.
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