Sedimentary processes in modern and ancient oceanic arc settings: Evidence from the Jurassic Talkeetna formation of Alaska and the Mariana and Tonga Arcs, Western Pacific

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 493-514

  Draut, Amy E ^a   Clift, Peter D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SPACE DEBRIS; TECTONICS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ACCOMMODATION SPACE; CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; DEBRIS FLOW DEPOSITS; GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; SEDIMENTARY PROCESS; SEDIMENTATION PROCESS; SUBDUCTION EROSION; VOLCANIC MATERIALS;

VOLCANOES;

DEPOSITION; ISLAND ARC; SEDIMENTATION; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ALASKA; MARIANA ARC; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; TALKEETNA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646468808     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2006.044     Document Type: Review

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