Anomalous(?) early Jurassic deformation in the western U.S. Cordillera.

Studies the tectonic evolution of the western United States Cordillera during the Early Jurassic period. Analysis of data from the Black Rock Desert of northwest Nevada; Effect on Paleozoic and early Mesozoic magmatic arc rocks in the area by regional shortening deformation and metamorphism in the Early Jurassic; Variations of tectonic conditions along the Early Jurassic plate margin.