Eocene extension in Idaho generated massive sediment floods into the Franciscan trench and into the Tyee, Great Valley, and Green River basins

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 187-190

  Dumitru, Trevor A ^a   Ernst, W G ^a   Wright, James E ^b   Wooden, Joseph L ^a   Wells, Ray E ^c   Farmer, Lucian P ^d   Kent, Adam J R ^d   Graham, Stephan A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CALIFORNIA; CLEARWATER; DEPOCENTERS; DETRITAL ZIRCON; FORE-ARC BASIN; FRANCISCAN COMPLEX; GREEN RIVER; IDAHO BATHOLITH; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX; NORTH AMERICAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PLATE BOUNDARIES; SIERRA NEVADA; TECTONIC EVENTS; VOLCANIC FIELD; WYOMING;

LEAD; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

ACCRETION; BATHOLITH; DEPOCENTER; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; EOCENE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FLOOD; FOSSIL; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLUTONISM; SUBDUCTION; TRENCH; VOLCANISM; ZIRCON;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; GREEN BASIN; IDAHO; PACIFIC OCEAN; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873469388     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G33746.1     Document Type: Article

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