Interaction of the Rocky Mountain Foreland and the Cordilleran Thrust Belt

Interaction of the Rocky Mountain Foreland and the Cordilleran Thrust Belt
ISBN-10
0813711711
ISBN-13
9780813711713
Category
Science
Pages
582
Language
English
Published
1988
Publisher
Geological Society of America
Authors
William J. Perry, Christopher J. Schmidt

Description

This volume emphasizes the interaction of the Cordilleran thrust belt and Rocky Mountain foreland in studies of regional structural geology, geophysics, and sedimentology from west-central Montana to Arizona. The volume outlines how the nature of the Rocky mountain foreland and its deformation affect the geometry of the Cordilleran thrust belt. Many of the structural and geophysical studies reported in this volume also address the question of which structures - forland or thrust belt - developed first in a specific region and how early formed structures influenced later ones. Several chapters address the nature and style of foreland development.

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