Neogene Exhumation of the Tordrillo Mountains, Alaska, and Correlations With Denali (Mount Mckinley)

Active Tectonics and Seismic Potential of Alaska

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 269-285

  Haeussler, Peter J ^a   O'Sullivan, Paul ^b   Berger, Aaron L ^c   Spotila, James A ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Apatite to Zircon Incorporated   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake zones Alaska; Geodynamics Alaska; Geology, Structural Alaska

Indexed keywords

APATITE; FISSION REACTIONS; LANDFORMS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

APATITE FISSION TRACKS; COUNTER CLOCKWISE ROTATION; EARTHQUAKE ZONES; FLAT-SLAB SUBDUCTIONS; MOUNTAIN BUILDING; PLIOCENE SEDIMENTS; RELATIVE STABILITIES; ZIRCON FISSION TRACKS;

COOLING;

EID: 84952760960     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/179GM15     Document Type: Chapter

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