A physical model for Cenozoic extension of western North America
We investigate the possibility that the onset and development of Cenozoic extension in western North America was governed by the potential energy contrast within, and mechanical properties of, lithosphere that was previously thickened during the Sevier and Laramide Orogenies. The strength of the lit...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1987
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