Late Cretaceous to early Tertiary transtension and strain partitioning in the Chugach Accretionary Complex, SE Alaska

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 639-654

  Davis, J Steven ^a   Roeske, Sarah M ^a   Karl, Sue M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY COMPLEX;

DEFORMATION; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRESS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ACCRETIONARY COMPLEX; CONVERGENCE; DEFORMATION; STRAIN;

USA, ALASKA, CHUGACH ACCRETIONARY COMPLEX;

EID: 0032071258     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(98)00001-7     Document Type: Article

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