1. Tectonics of the Rocky Mountains Mason Edwards, Christine Gammans

2. Chronology High-angle SubductionLow-angle Subduction 300 Ma Ancestral Rockies Formed (Pennsylvanian) Laramide Orogeny (Late Mesozoic - Cenozoic) Glaciation & Isostatic Rebound (Pleistocene) Blakely, 2003; Williams, 2008

3. Geography and Geological Characteristics Defined by Compression Thrust System Dipping 20-50 ° W Paleozoic & Mesozoic Basin Fill Created in ArcGIS10

4. Crustal & Lithospheric Properties Crustal Thickness Keller, 1998; Obrebski, 2011