Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonics of the eastern and central Alaska Range: Progressive basin development and deformation in a suture zone

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1480-1504

  Ridgway, Kenneth D ^a   Trop, Jeffrey M ^a   Nokleberg, Warren J ^b   Davidson, Cameron M ^c   Eastham, Kevin R ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c BELOIT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska range; Cantwell formation; Kahiltna assemblage; Suture zone; Usibelli group; Wrangellia

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTARY BASINS; SUTURE ZONE;

CATCHMENTS; DATA REDUCTION; DEPOSITION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GRANITE; MAPPING; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; DEFORMATION; MESOZOIC; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036965952     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<1480:MACTOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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