Early Tertiary transtension-related deformation and magmatism along the Tintina fault system, Alaska

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 434, Issue , 2007, Pages 233-264

  Till, Alison B ^a   Roeske, Sarah M ^b   Bradley, Dwight C ^a   Friedman, Richard ^c   Layer, Paul W ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Crustal extension; Exhumation; Geochronology; Metamorphism; Oroclinal bending; Tectonics; Tertiary; Tintina fault system; Transtension

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HEAT FLUX; KYANITE DEPOSITS; LEAD ALLOYS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; URANIUM ALLOYS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; ZIRCON;

ALASKA; CRUSTAL EXTENSION; EXHUMATION; FAULT SYSTEM; METAMORPHISM; TERTIARY; TRANSTENSION;

FAULT SLIPS;

AUREOLE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXHUMATION; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAMORPHISM; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TERTIARY; TRANSTENSION;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75149165685     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2434(11)     Document Type: Article

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