Mesozoic sedimentary-basin development on the allochthonous Wrangellia composite terrane, Wrangell Mountains basin, Alaska: A long-term record of terrane migration and arc construction

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 693-717

  Trop, Jeffrey M ^a   Ridgway, Kenneth D ^a   Manuszak, Jeffrey D ^a   Layer, Paul ^a  

^a MALCOLM PIRNIE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Mesozoic; Sedimentology; Tectonics; Terranes; Wrangellia

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGIC DATA;

CATCHMENTS; EROSION; VOLCANOES;

GEOLOGY;

ACCRETION; BASIN EVOLUTION; MESOZOIC; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879880426     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<0693:MSBDOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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