Proterozoic multistage (ca. 1.1 and 0.8 Ga) extension recorded in the Grand Canyon Supergroup and establishment of northwest- and north-trending tectonic grains in the southwestern United States

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 163-180

  Timmons, J M ^a   Karlstrom, K E ^a   Dehler, C M ^a   Geissman, J W ^a   Heizler, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chuar Group; Grand Canyon; Growth faults; Intracratonic basins; Neoproterozoic; Proterozoic rifting

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; DEPOSITION; LEAD ALLOYS; URANIUM ALLOYS;

CHUAR GROUP; GRAND CANYONS; GROWTH FAULT; INTRACRATONIC BASINS; NEOPROTEROZOIC; PROTEROZOIC;

FAULTING;

DEFORMATION; INTRACRATONIC BASIN; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879881642     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2001)113<0163:PMCAGE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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