Sedimentology and provenance of the Upper Jurassic Naknek Formation, Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska: Bearings on the accretionary tectonic history of the Wrangellia composite terrane

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 570-588

  Trop, Jeffrey M ^a   Szuch, Darren A ^a,b   Rioux, Matthew ^c   Blodgett, Robert B ^d  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Blasland Bouck and Lee Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Forearc basin; Naknek Formation; Peninsular terrane; Sedimentology; Wrangellia terrane

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; SYNORGENIC SEDIMENTATION; TALKEETNA MOUNTAINS; UPPER JURASSIC NAKNEK FORMATION;

CHRONOMETERS; COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SEDIMENTATION; SETTLING TANKS; TECTONICS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; JURASSIC; PROVENANCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

TITHONIA;

EID: 18944406657     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25575.1     Document Type: Review

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