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Discussion on elastic flexure with compressive thrusting of the Green River Basin, Wyoming, U.S.A.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

M. W. Shuster ,
J. R. Steidtmann  and
I. Lerche
M. W. Shuster
Affiliation:
Shell Development Company, Bellaire Research Center, Houston, Texas 77001, U.S.A.
J. R. Steidtmann
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming 82071, U.S.A.
I. Lerche
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, U.S.A.
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Geological Magazine , Volume 128 , Issue 5 , September 1991 , pp. 543 - 546
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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