Petrofacies and provenance of a late cretaceous suture zone thrust-top basin, Cantwell basin, central Alaska range

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 469-485

  Trop, Jeffrey M ^a   Ridgway, Kenneth D ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; PETROFACIES; PROVENANCE; SUTURE ZONE; THRUST TOP BASIN;

USA, ALASKA, ALASKA RANGE, CANTWELL BASIN;

DEPOSITS; FAULTING; FELDSPAR; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICA; QUARTZ; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

COMPOSITIONAL DATA; COMPOSITIONAL DIFFERENCE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; SANDSTONE COMPOSITION; SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS; SEDIMENTARY STRATA; SOURCE DIAGNOSTICS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

SANDSTONE;

EID: 0030749048     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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