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TECTONIC CONTROLS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNCONFORMITIES - THE NORTH SLOPE, ALASKA

Abstract:: The geology of northern Alaska is defined by two complementary, synchronous tectonic events. Opening of the Canada basin breached the south facing Ellesmerian passive margin in the Late Jurassic, cutting off northerly derived sediment and initiating thermal subsidence of the north facing Beaufort passive margin. Uplift of the Brooks Range on thrust faults loaded the lithosphere, creating the Colville trough, a foreland basin more than 10 km deep, and providing the bulk of the sediments that f...
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Coakley, B., & Watts, A. (1991). TECTONIC CONTROLS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNCONFORMITIES - THE NORTH SLOPE, ALASKA. TECTONICS, 10(1), 101–130.

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Coakley, B., and A. Watts. “TECTONIC CONTROLS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNCONFORMITIES - THE NORTH SLOPE, ALASKA.” TECTONICS, vol. 10, no. 1, 1991, pp. 101–30.

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Coakley, B, and A Watts. 1991. “TECTONIC CONTROLS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNCONFORMITIES - THE NORTH SLOPE, ALASKA.” TECTONICS 10 (1): 101–30.
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Publisher copy:: 10.1029/90TC01982

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University of Oxford

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Journal:: TECTONICS
Volume:: 10
Issue:: 1
Pages:: 101-130
Publication date:: 1991-02-01
DOI:: 10.1029/90TC01982
ISSN:: 0278-7407

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Source identifiers:: 169685
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Copyright date:: 1991

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