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Morozova, E., Wan, X., Chamberlain, K.R., Smithson, S.B., Morozov, I.B., Boyd, N.K., Johnson, R.A., Karlstrom, K.E., Tyson, A.R. and Foster, C.T. (2002). Geometry of Proterozoic sutures in the central Rocky Mountains from seismic reflection data: Cheyenne belt and Farwell Mountain structures. Geophysical Research Letters 29: doi: 10.1029/2001GL013819. issn: 0094-8276. |
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Seismic reflection data show ~40¿ S-dipping reflectors that extend from the Cheyenne belt (CB-Archean-Proterozoic suture) to 20 km depths, and profound differences in crustal reflectivity across the suture zone, which is itself imaged as an interwedging boundary. Archean crust has a Moho reflection (at 40 km) and abundant upper crustal reflectivity; Proterozoic crust has no Moho reflection and is distinctly less reflective. Reflective zones south of the Cheyenne belt include 40¿ S- and N-dipping reflections that extend from the Farwell Mountain zone to 20 km depths; these are interpreted to be a complex cryptic suture zone between the 1.78--1.76 Ga Green Mountain block and 1.75--1.72 Ga Rawah block. |
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Keywords
Seismology, Continental crust, Tectonophysics, Continental contractional orogenic belts, Tectonophysics, Continental tectonics--general |
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Publisher
American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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