The Portland basin: A (big) river runs through it

GSA Today

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 4-10

  Evarts, Russell C ^a   O'Connor, Jim E ^b   Wells, Ray E ^a   Madin, Ian P ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; BASIN EVOLUTION; BASIN FILL; CONVERGENT MARGIN; DEFORMATION; FOREARC BASIN; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; PORTLAND [OREGON]; PORTLAND BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349272735     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GSATG58A.1     Document Type: Article

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