Slump-generated megachannels in the Pliocene-Pleistocene glaciomarine Yakataga Formation, Gulf of Alaska

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 395-408

  Eyles, Carolyn H ^a   Lagoe, Martin B ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING; SEA LEVEL; SLOPE STABILITY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CENTRAL CHANNELS; CHANNEL MARGINS; DEPOSITIONAL SETTING; SEDIMENT GRAVITY FLOW; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SEDIMENTARY STRATA; SEDIMENTATION RATES; TECTONIC TILTING;

SEDIMENTS;

BIOFACIES; DEBRIS FLOW; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; GRAVITY FLOW; PASSIVE MARGIN; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; SANDSTONE; SLUMPING; CHANNEL; GLACIOMARINE SEDIMENT; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SLUMP;

ALASKA; GULF OF ALASKA; ICY BAY; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0031844015     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1998)110<0395:SGMITP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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