Vertical tectonics in northern Escanaba Trough as recorded by thick late Quaternary turbidites

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B7, 2001, Pages 13793-13802

  Normark, William R ^a   Serra, Francesca ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONICS; TURBIDITE;

ESCANABA TROUGH; GORDA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034909891     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jb000341     Document Type: Article

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