Accretion in the wake of terrane collision: The Neogene accretionary wedge off Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Tectonics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 263-277

  Fruehn, Juergen ^a,c   Von Huene, Roland ^a,d   Fisher, Michael A ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c ION GEOPHYSICAL   (United States)

^d Res Ctr Mar Geosci   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ACCRETIONARY PRISM; COLLISION ZONE; TERRANE;

ALASKA; KENAI PENINSULA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032986727     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998TC900021     Document Type: Article

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