This image demonstrates the role of the basement rocks in the deformation patterns in the Cordillera, showing locations of the eastern limits of the Laramide deformation and the thrust and fold belt of Mesozoic age. (Courtesy of Prof. Burchfiel.)
This image demonstrates the role of the basement rocks in the deformation patterns in the Cordillera, showing locations of the eastern limits of the Laramide deformation and the thrust and fold belt of Mesozoic age. (Courtesy of Prof. Burchfiel.)