Heterogeneous deformation in the Cascadia convergent margin and its relation to thermal gradient (Washington, NW USA)

Tectonics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Booth Rea, Guillermo ^a   Klaeschen, Dirk ^b   Grevemeyer, Ingo ^b   Reston, Tim ^c  

^a INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT; GEODYNAMICS; HEAT FLOW; OCEANIC CRUST; SUBMARINE CANYON; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL STRUCTURE; UNDERPLATING;

CASCADIA MARGIN; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 55949094051     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007TC002209     Document Type: Article

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