Development and exhumation of a neogene sedimentary basin during extension, east-central Nevada

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 163-172

  Horton, Brian K ^a   Schmitt, James G ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FAULTING; LANDFORMS; RAILROADS; RECYCLING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BEDROCK GEOLOGY; DETACHMENT FAULT; DRAINAGE NETWORKS; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSITS; NEOGENE SEDIMENTARY BASINS; PROVENANCE MODELS; SEDIMENT SOURCE AREAS;

CATCHMENTS;

CAMBRIAN; DETACHMENT FAULT; DIP-SLIP FAULT; EXHUMATION; NEOGENE; ORDOVICIAN; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; UPLIFT;

NEVADA; RAILROAD VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879889349     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1998)110<0163:DAEOAN>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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