Headless submarine canyons and fluid flow on the toe of the Cascadia accretionary complex

Basin Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 303-312

  Orange, Daniel L ^a   McAdoo, Brian G ^b   Moore, J Casey ^b   Tobin, Harold ^b,e   Screaton, Elizabeth ^c,f   Chezar, Hank ^d   Lee, Homa ^d   Reid, Mark ^d   Vail, Rick ^d  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Geology 31 Williams Hall ^*  (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY COMPLEX; COLD SEEP; FLUID FLOW; SUBMARINE CANYON; SUBMARINE OXYGEN;

PACIFIC, OREGON MARGIN, CASCADIA ACCRETIONARY COMPLEX;

EID: 0031463149     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.1997.00045.x     Document Type: Article

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