Brittle deformation along the Gulf of Alaska margin in response to Paleocene-Eocene triple junction migration

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 371, Issue , 2003, Pages 119-140

  Haeussler, Peter J ^a   Bradley, Dwight C ^a   Goldfarb, Richard J ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Eocene; Gulf of Alaska; Lode gold; Mesothermal gold; Paleocene; Ridge subduction; Slab window; Triple junction

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DEPOSITS; FAULTING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LEVEES; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; QUARTZ;

ALASKA; EOCENE; GULF OF ALASKA; MESOTHERMAL; PALEOCENE; RIDGE SUBDUCTION; SLAB WINDOWS; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; QUARTZ; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84870926296     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2371-X.119     Document Type: Article

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