Spatial variation in structural style, Endicott Mountains allochthon, central Brooks Range, Alaska

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 324, Issue , 1998, Pages 33-50

  Handschy, James W ^a  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION;

FOLD-THRUST BELTS; GEOMETRIC ANALYSIS; LAYER PARALLEL SHORTENINGS; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC UNITS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STRAIN VARIATION; STRUCTURAL STYLES; SYSTEMATIC CHANGES;

LANDFORMS;

ALLOCHTHON; CARBONATE ROCK; CENOZOIC; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; MESOZOIC; PALEOZOIC; SHEAR ZONE; SPATIAL VARIATION; THRUST;

ALASKA; BROOKS RANGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870851529     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2324-8.33     Document Type: Article

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