A rift-edge facies of the late jurassic rogue-chetco arc and josephine ophiolite, Klamath Mountains, oregon

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 410, Issue , 2006, Pages 53-76

  Yule, J Douglas ^a,b   Saleeby, Jason B ^a   Barnes, Calvin G ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Josephine ophiolite; Klamath mountains; Late jurassic; Olistostromal deposits; Oregon; Radiolarians; Rattlesnake creek terrane; Rifting; Rogue chetco volcanic plutonic arc; Sncient marginal ocean basin

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; VOLCANOES;

JOSEPHINE OPHIOLITE; KLAMATH MOUNTAINS; LATE JURASSIC; OCEAN BASINS; OREGON; RADIOLARIANS; RATTLESNAKE CREEK TERRANE; RIFTING; ROGUE-CHETCO VOLCANIC-PLUTONIC ARC;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CHERT; FACIES; ISLAND ARC; JURASSIC; LITHOLOGY; MARGINAL BASIN; MEGABRECCIA; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; OCEAN BASIN; OPHIOLITE; RADIOLARIA; RIFT ZONE; RIFTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRANE; TRIASSIC;

COAST RANGES; KLAMATH MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ALLIUM CEPA; RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS);

EID: 73949092411     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2410(03)     Document Type: Article

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