Extensional tectonics of the southwestern United States : a perspective on processes and kinematics / edited by Larry Mayer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mayer, Larry, 1951-

Geological Society of America.

Series:

Special papers (Geological Society of America) ; no. 208.

Special paper ; 208

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geology, Structural--Southwestern States--Congresses.

Geology, Structural.

United States--Southwestern States.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 122 pages) : illustrations, maps, graphs, tables.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, [1986]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Topographic constraints on models of lithospheric stretching of the Basin and Range province, western United States / Larry Mayer

Involvement of deep crust in extension of Basin and Range province / David A. Okaya and George A. Thompson

Thermal-mechanical consequences of Basin and Range extension / Kevin P. Furlong and Michael D. Londe

Tertiary structural development of selected basins : Basin and Range province, northeastern Nevada / I. Effimoff and A.R. Pinezich

Geometry of seismically active faults and crustal deformation within the Basin and Range-Colorado Plateau transition in Utah / Walter J. Arabasz and Dale R. Julander

Patterns and modes of early Miocene crustal extension, central Mojave Desert, California / Roy K. Dokka

Processes of regional Tertiary extension in the western Cordillera : insights from the metamorphic core complexes / William A. Rehrig.

Notes:

"This volume grew out of a symposium on continental extensional processes held at the combined Cordilleran-Rocky Mountain meeting of the Geological Society of America held in Salt Lake City during May 1983"--Page volume.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Extensional tectonics of the southwestern United States.

OCLC:

859522972

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