2D Laramide Geometries and Kinematics of the Rocky Mountains, Western U.S.A.

The Rocky Mountain Region: An Evolving Lithosphere: Tectonics, Geochemistry, and Geophysics

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 7-20

  Erslev, Eric A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary; Geology, Structural Rocky Mountains; Geophysics Rocky Mountains; Orogeny Rocky Mountains

Indexed keywords

ARCHES; FAULT SLIPS; GEOMETRY; KINEMATICS; LITHOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; GEOPHYSICAL EVIDENCE; MANTLE LITHOSPHERE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SEISMIC INTERPRETATION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

LANDFORMS;

EID: 84951168356     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/154GM02     Document Type: Chapter

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