Northward migration of the Cascadia forearc in the northwestern U.S. and implications for subduction deformation

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 275-283

  Wells, Ray E ^a   Simpson, Robert W ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALEOMAGNETISM; PLATE TECTONICS; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 0000811380     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352384     Document Type: Article

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