Fluid-rich damage zone of an ancient out-of-sequence thrust, Kodiak Islands, Alaska

Tectonics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Rowe, Christen D ^a,b   Meneghini, Francesca ^a,c   Moore, J Casey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; OVERPRINTING; PALEOTEMPERATURE; SUBDUCTION; TERTIARY; THRUST; THRUST FAULT;

ALASKA; KODIAK ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649622142     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007TC002126     Document Type: Article

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