The Yakutat terrane: Dramatic change in crustal thickness across the transition fault, Alaska

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 895-898

  Christeson, Gail L ^a   Gulick, Sean P S ^a   van Avendonk, Harm J A ^a   Worthington, Lindsay L ^a   Reece, Robert S ^a   Pavlis, Terry L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; MOHO DEPTH; OCEANIC PLATEAUX; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEDIMENTARY UNITS; TRANSITION FAULTS; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VERTICAL FAULT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; FAULT ZONE; MOHO; OCEANIC CRUST; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC PLATE; TERRANE; THRUST; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; YAKUTAT BAY;

EID: 77958084066     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31170.1     Document Type: Article

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