Tectono-stratigraphic framework of Neoproterozoic to Cambrian strata, west-central U.S.: Protracted rifting, glaciation, and evolution of the North American Cordilleran margin

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 136, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-95

  Yonkee, W A ^a   Dehler, C D ^b   Link, P K ^c   Balgord, E A ^c,g   Keeley, J A ^c   Hayes, D S ^b   Wells, M L ^d   Fanning, C M ^e   Johnston, S M ^f  

^a WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Detrital zircon; Neoproterozoic stratigraphy; Rifting; Rodinia; Snowball earth

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; EARLY EARTH; GLACIATION; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; RODINIA; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY;

IDAHO; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UINTA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84902109006     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2014.05.004     Document Type: Review

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