Tectonic controls on sedimentation and diagenesis in the Tonga Trench and forearc, southwest Pacific

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 483-496

  Clift, P D ^a   MacLeod, C J ^b   Tappin, D R ^c   Wright, D J ^d   Bloomer, S H ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

ANGULAR UNCONFORMITY; CRUST FORMATIONS; EASTERN EDGE; REDEPOSITION; TECTONIC CONTROL; TECTONIC EROSION; TURBIDITY CURRENT; VOLCANICLASTIC SEDIMENTS;

FAULTING;

CANYON; DEPOCENTER; DIAGENESIS; DOWNCUTTING; FOREARC BASIN; MANGANESE; MASS WASTING; REDEPOSITION; SEDIMENTATION; UPLIFT; FOREARC BASINS; TECTONICS;

KENTUCKY; LOUISVILLE; PACIFIC OCEAN; TONGA TRENCH; UNITED STATES; PACIFIC;

EID: 0031693112     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1998)110<0483:TCOSAD>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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