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Lithospheric Structure Group

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1 Lithospheric Structure Group
What is nature and shape of the Wyoming craton keel from its Archaean formation through time? How is cratonic continental lithosphere formed? What modifications* have occurred between Archaean cratonization and recent Yellowstone activities? How does Yellowstone hotspot impinge on and modify this Archaean craton: THIS IS UNIQUE TO GLOBAL GEOLOGY.

2 * 1.8 Ga Great Falls tectonic event 1.4 Ga Belt Basin event
Phanerozoic accretion event(s) Sevier orogenesis Laramide orogenesis Mz & Cz magmatic activity Eocene extension Late Cz extension

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