Chapter 50: Geology and tectonic development of the Amerasia and Canada Basins, Arctic Ocean

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 35, Issue , 2011, Pages 771-799

  Grantz, Arthur ^a   Hart, Patrick E ^a   Childers, Vicki A ^b,c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c National Geodetic Survey (N/NGS4)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL THINNING; DETACHMENT FAULT; EMPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEAN BASIN; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; SEAFLOOR; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AMERASIAN BASIN; ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA; EURASIAN BASIN; MACKENZIE VALLEY; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 80051962240     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/M35.50     Document Type: Article

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