Raising the Colorado Plateau

Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 91-94

  McQuarri, N ^a   Chase, C G ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado Plateau; Crustal collapse; Crustal flow; High plateaus; Laramide; Sevier

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

COLORADO PLATEAU; CRUSTAL COLLAPSE; CRUSTAL FLOW; HIGH PLATEAUS; LARAMIDE; SEVIER;

SEA LEVEL;

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; ISOSTASY;

COLORADO PLATEAU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879889557     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2000)028<0091:RTCP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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