Evidence of different contractional styles along foredeep margins provided by Gilbert deltas: Examples from Bowser Basin, British Columbia, Canada

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 243-261

  Ricketts, Brian D ^a   Evenchick, Carol A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS;

ACCOMMODATION SPACES; ACCRETIONARY PRISMS; BASIN SEDIMENTS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; CHERT COMPOSITIONS; DEBRIS FLOWS; DEEP BASINS; DRAINAGE BASINS; FAULT TRANSFERS; GRAINED SEDIMENTS; JURASSIC; LITHOFACIES; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC CRUSTS; OVERTHRUST; PROGRADATION; RADIOLARIAN CHERTS; REVERSE FAULTS; SEDIMENT GRAVITY FLOWS; SEDIMENT SUPPLIES; SHELF BREAKS; STRUCTURAL TRENDS; TECTONIC CONTROLS; TECTONIC STRUCTURES; THRUST FAULTS; THRUST SYSTEMS;

CATCHMENTS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ACTIVE FAULT; AGGRADATION; CHERT; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT ZONE; FOREARC BASIN; LITHOFACIES; SHELF BREAK; TERRANE; THRUST FAULT;

ALASKA; BOWSER BASIN; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; KING SALMON; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

EID: 56849090822     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscpgbull.55.4.243     Document Type: Article

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