An allochthonous salt canopy on Axel Heiberg Island, Sverdrup Basin, Arctic Canada

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1045-1048

  Jackson, M P A ^a   Harrison, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allochthonous salt; Alpha Ridge; Angular unconformity; Debris flow; Diapir; Dike swarm; Eurekan orogeny; Evaporite; Flood basalt; Hauterivian; Minibasin; Salt canopy

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; EVAPORITE DIAPIRS; SALT CANOPY; SVERDRUP BASIN; WALL-AND-BASIN STRUCTURE;

CATCHMENTS; COALESCENCE; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ALLOCHTHON; DIAPIR; FLOOD BASALT; MESOZOIC; OROGENY; SEAFLOOR SPREADING;

ALPHA RIDGE; ARCTIC OCEAN; AXEL HEIBERG ISLAND; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; SVERDRUP BASIN;

EID: 33845590808     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22798A.1     Document Type: Article

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