Synthesis of results from the CD-ROM experiment: 4-D image of the lithosphere beneath the Rocky mountains and implications for understanding the evolution of continental lithosphere

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 154, Issue , 2005, Pages 421-441

  Karlstrom, Karl E ^a   Whitmeyer, Steven J ^a,b   Dueker, Ken ^c   Williams, Michael L ^d,e   Bowring, Samuel A ^d,e   Levander, Alan ^f   Humphreys, E D ^g   Keller, G Randy ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^f RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

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EID: 85029724420     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/154GM31     Document Type: Chapter

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