A new estimate of the amount of displacement on the Denali Fault system based on the occurrence of carbonate megaboulders in the Dezadeash Formation (Jura-Cretaceous), Yukon, and the Nutzotin Mountains sequence (Jura-Cretaceous), Alaska

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 379-386

  Lowey, Grant W ^a  

^a Yukon Geological Survey   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; DEBRIS FLOW; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT SLIP;

CANADA, YUKON TERRITORY, DEZADEASH; UNITED STATES, ALASKA, NUTZOTIN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0032446363     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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