Recognition of fine-scale imbricate thrusts in lower Paleozoic orogenic belts-an example from the Roberts Mountains allochthon, Nevada

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 543-546

  Noble, P J ^a   Finney, S C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; LANDFORMS;

CONVERGENT MARGIN; EARLY PALEOZOIC; LARGE AMOUNTS; LOWER PALEOZOIC; OROGENIC BELTS; OUT OF SEQUENCES; STRUCTURAL BASIS; TRANSPORT DIRECTION;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHERT; IMBRICATION; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOZOIC; THRUST FAULT;

NEVADA; ROBERTS MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879886780     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0543:ROFSIT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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