Inversion of proterozoic extensional faults: An explanation for the pattern of Laramide and Ancestral rockies intracratonic deformation, United States

Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 735-738

  Marshak, S ^a   Karlstom, K ^a   Timmons, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestral Rockies; Colorado Plateau; Fault propagation folding; Intracratonic deformation; Inversion tectonics; Laramide; Midcontinent; Proterozoic rifting; Rocky Mountains

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION;

ANCESTRAL ROCKIES; COLORADO PLATEAU; FAULT PROPAGATION FOLDING; INVERSION TECTONICS; LARAMIDE; MIDCONTINENT; PROTEROZOIC; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

FAULTING;

FAULT PROPAGATION; FOLDING; NORMAL FAULT; PROTEROZOIC; REACTIVATION; RIFTING; TECTONICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879886873     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<735:IOPEFA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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