The Border Ranges fault system in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska: Evidence for major early Cenozoic dextral strike-slip motion

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1268-1282

  Smart, Kevin J ^a,e   Pavlis, Terry L ^a   Sisson, Virginia B ^b   Roeske, Sarah M ^c   Snee, Lawrence W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAINOZOIC; FAULTING; OBLIQUE CONVERGENCE; STRIKE SLIP MOTION; TERRANE BOUNDARY;

USA, ALASKA, GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0030426328     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-096     Document Type: Article

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