Phanerozoic stratigraphy of Northwind Ridge, magnetic anomalies in the Canada Basin, and the geometry and timing of rifting in the Amerasia Basin, Arctic Ocean

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 801-820

  Grantz, Arthur ^a,g   Clark, D L ^a   Phillips, R L ^b   Srivastava, S P ^c   Blome, C D ^d   Gray, L B ^b   Haga, H ^b   Mamet, B L ^e   McIntyre, D J ^b   McNeil, D H ^b   Mickey, M B ^b   Mullen, M W ^b   Murchey, B I ^b   Ross, C A ^f   Stevens, C H ^b   Silberling, N J ^g   Wall, J H ^b   Willard, D A ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f GeoBioStrat   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

^h U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; STRATIGRAPHY; TIMING CIRCUITS;

CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL ELEMENTS; LATE CRETACEOUS; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MARINE CARBONATES; NORTHERN ALASKA; SHALLOW WATERS;

MAGNETISM;

MAGMATIC ANOMALY; PHANEROZOIC; RIFTING; STRATIGRAPHY;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84879885457     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1998)110<0801:PSONRM>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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