Transgressive deposits along the actively deforming Eel River Margin, Northern California

Marine Geology

Volumn 303-306, Issue , 2012, Pages 99-114

  Hogarth, Leah J ^a   Driscoll, Neal W ^a   Babcock, Jeffrey M ^a   Orange, Daniel L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Niko Resources Ltd   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Active deformation; Eel River Basin; Little Salmon Fault; Mendocino Triple Junction; Transgressive deposits

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE DEFORMATION; ACTIVE FOLDING; CALIFORNIA; DEFORMATION RATES; DEGLACIATIONS; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FORE-ARC BASIN; HIGH RESOLUTION; HOLOCENES; LARGE PARTS; LITTLE SALMON FAULT; PROGRADATION; RIVER BASINS; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEISMIC DATAS; TECTONIC DEFORMATIONS; TRANSGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACTS; TRIPLE JUNCTION; WATER DEPTH;

DEFORMATION; FAULTING; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SURFACES;

DEPOSITS;

BYPASS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; PROGRADATION; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEISMIC DATA; SHELF SEDIMENT; TRANSGRESSION;

CALIFORNIA; EEL BASIN; EEL RIVER; MENDOCINO TRIPLE JUNCTION; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860572620     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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