Controls on accretion of flysch and mélange belts at convergent margins: Evidence from the Chugach Bay thrust and Iceworm mélange, Chugach accretionary wedge, Alaska

Tectonics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 855-878

  Kusky, Timothy M ^a   Bradley, Dwight C ^b   Haeussler, Peter J ^b   Karl, Sue ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY WEDGE; CONVERGENT MARGIN; FAULT ZONE; FLYSCH; MELANGE; SUBDUCTION;

USA, ALASKA, CHUGACH MOUNTAINS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS; SHEAR STRAIN; SILICATES;

ACCRETIONARY COMPLEX; ACCRETIONARY WEDGE; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CONVERGENT MARGIN; LATE CRETACEOUS; PLATE CONVERGENCE; TECTONIC BOUNDARIES; THRUST STRUCTURES;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0031392484     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97TC02780     Document Type: Article

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