'Crustal thickening' presentation slideshows

Continental collision mountain belts: the Arabia-Eurasia system

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Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy Division of Mineral Resources

SOUTHEAST-DIRECTED BACKTHRUSTING AND CRUSTAL THICKENING IN THE MASSANUTTEN SYNCLINORIUM: ROCKINGHAM AND PAGE COUNTIES, VIRGINIA. Matthew HELLER, Steven WHITMEYER, Christopher HOLLAND, David ARNETTE, Mark CARTER, and Lorrie COINER. Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy

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Active foundering of a continental arc root beneath southern Sierra Nevada Zandt et al, 2004

Active foundering of a continental arc root beneath southern Sierra Nevada Zandt et al, 2004. Removal of ultramafic root beneath southern Sierra Nevada Initiated between 10 and 3 Mya via Rayleigh-Taylor instability Process is consistent with observables at surface and depth

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