An integrated model of the structural evolution of the central Brooks Range foothiUs, Alaska, using structural geometry, fracture distribution, geochronology, and microthermometry

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2245-2274

  Duncan, Alec ^a,b   Hanks, Catherine ^c   Wallace, Wesley K ^c   O'Sullivan, Paul B ^d   Parris, Thomas M ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Anadarko Petroleum   (United States)

^c University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^d Apatite to Zircon Incorporated   (United States)

^e Petro Fluid Solutions   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CEMENTS; DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY;

FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; FRACTURE DISTRIBUTIONS; INTEGRATED MODELING; MICROTHERMOMETRY; PETROLEUM MIGRATION; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; STRUCTURAL GEOMETRY; STRUCTURAL RECONSTRUCTION;

FRACTURE;

CALCITE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODEL; PETROLEUM; RECONSTRUCTION; ROCK; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THRUST; UPLIFT; VALANGINIAN;

ALASKA; BROOKS RANGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872443784     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/04031209037     Document Type: Review

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