Arc-parallel extension and fluid flow in an ancient accretionary wedge: The San Juan Islands, Washington

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 753-767

  Schermer, Elizabeth R ^a   Gillaspy, John R ^a,b   Lamb, Rynn ^a,c  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Merit Engineering Inc   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretionary wedge; Extension; Faulting; San Juan Islands; Structural geology; Vein systems

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY WEDGE; FAULTING; SUBDUCTION; VEIN SYSTEM;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; DUCTILE FRACTURE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MINERALOGY; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ARAGONITE; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; FLUID FLOW; NAPPE; P-T CONDITIONS; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC WEDGE; THRUST;

NORTH AMERICA; SAN JUAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 34249293371     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25985.1     Document Type: Article

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