Effect of the northward-migrating Mendocino triple junction on the Eel River forearc basin, California: Stratigraphic development

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 178-191

  Gulick, Sean P S ^a   Meltzer, Anne S ^a   Clarke Jr, Samuel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascadia subduction zone; Mendocino triple junction; Microplates; Seismic reflection profiles

Indexed keywords

FOREARC BASINS;

EROSION; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879884503     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<0178:EOTNMM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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