Neogene transpressional foreland basin development on the north side of the central alaska range, usibelli group and nenana gravel, tanana basin

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 431, Issue , 2007, Pages 507-547

  Ridgway, Kenneth D ^a   Thoms, Evan E ^b,c   Layer, Paul W ^c   Lesh, Mark E ^a,d   White, James M ^e   Smith, Shane V ^a,f  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d A Frame Maps and Illustrations   (United States)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^f YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska Range; Denali fault; Nenana Gravel; Transpressional foreland basin; Usibelli Group

Indexed keywords

FELDSPAR; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

ALASKA RANGE; COMPOSITIONAL DATA; DENALI FAULT; DENALI FAULT SYSTEM; FORELAND BASIN; SEDIMENTARY PACKAGES; SLIP DISPLACEMENTS; USIBELLI GROUP;

GRAVEL;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONGLOMERATE; DETRITUS; DISPLACEMENT; EXHUMATION; FELDSPAR; FORELAND BASIN; GRAVEL; NEOGENE; PEATLAND; SANDSTONE; THRUST;

ALASKA; ALASKA RANGE; TANANA BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76749129704     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2431(20)     Document Type: Article

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