Kinematics of basin development during the transition from terrane accretion to strike-slip tectonics, Late Cretaceous-early Tertiary Cantwell Formation, south central Alaska

Tectonics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1224-1244

  Cole, Ronald B ^a   Ridgway, Kenneth D ^b   Layer, Paul W ^c   Drake, Jeffery ^c  

^a ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BASIN EVOLUTION; CRETACEOUS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRANE; TERTIARY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033509158     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999TC900033     Document Type: Article

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