Structural Evolution of the McDowell Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona
abstract: ABSTRACT The accretion of juvenile island-arc lithosphere by convergent tectonism during the Paleoproterozoic, in conjunction with felsic volcanism, resulted in the assembly, ductile to partial brittle deformation, uplift, and northwest-directed thrusting of rocks in the McDowell Mountains...
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Format: | Dissertation |
Language: | English |
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2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.15879 |