Constrictional flow within the Eocene forearc of southern Alaska: An effect of dextral shear during ridge subduction

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 371, Issue , 2003, Pages 171-190

  Pavlis, Terry L ^a   Marty, Kevin ^a   Sisson, Virginia B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite strain; Fluid inclusions; Southern Alaska; Strain facies; Transpression

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FELDSPAR; KINEMATICS; MICA; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALOGY; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FINITE STRAIN; FINITE STRAIN ANALYSIS; FLUID INCLUSION; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SHEAR SENSE INDICATORS; SOUTHERN ALASKA; TRANSPRESSION; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS;

SHEAR FLOW;

CLEAVAGE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DIP-SLIP FAULT; DISPLACEMENT; EOCENE; FACIES ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID INCLUSION; FOREARC BASIN; KINEMATICS; SHEAR STRESS; SHEAR ZONE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRANSPRESSION;

ALASKA; COPPER BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149133060     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2371-X.171     Document Type: Article

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