Formation of sequences in the cratonic interior of North America by interaction between mantle, eustatic, and stratigraphic processes

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1515-1535

  Burgess, Peter M ^a,b   Gurnis, Michael ^a   Moresi, Louis ^a,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GEODYNAMICS; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE;

CARBONATE DEPOSITION; DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY; LONG WAVELENGTH; PLATE SUBDUCTION; PRESERVATION POTENTIAL; SUPERCONTINENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; UPPER CRETACEOUS;

TOPOGRAPHY;

CRATON; CRETACEOUS; EUSTACY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MANTLE PROCESS; MESOZOIC; PHANEROZOIC; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION; SUPERCONTINENT; TOPOGRAPHY; DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY; EUSTASY; GEODYNAMICS; MANTLE FLOW; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031417619     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<1515:FOSITC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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