Uplift and denudation of the central Alaska Range: A case study in the use of apatite fission track thermochronology to determine absolute uplift parameters

PG Fitzgerald, RB Sorkhabi… - … Research: Solid Earth, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Apatite fission track thermochronology (AFTT) on granitic samples collected in the central
Alaska Range in conjunction with geologic constraints from basins to the north (Nenana …

A transgressive shelf sequence exhibiting hummocky stratification; the Cape Sebastian Sandstone (Upper Cretaceous), southwestern Oregon

J Bourgeois - Journal of Sedimentary Research, 1980 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
In the tectonically active Circum-Pacific Belt, thick transgressive sequences are not
uncommon, in contrast with their rarity in the Cretaceous of the Western Interior. Thick …

Compositions of sandstones in circum-Pacific subduction complexes and fore-arc basins

WR Dickinson - AAPG Bulletin, 1982 - archives.datapages.com
Arc-trench systems of the circum-Pacific orogenic belt contain voluminous sandstones within
fore-arc terranes that include complexly deformed subduction complexes and relatively …

Seismic velocity structure and anisotropy of the Alaska subduction zone based on surface wave tomography

Y Wang, C Tape - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Southcentral Alaska is a complex tectonic region that transitions from subduction of Pacific
crust to flat slab subduction—and collision—of overthickened Yakutat crust. Because much …

Origin and age of the Border Ranges fault of southern Alaska and its bearing on the late Mesozoic tectonic evolution of Alaska

TL Pavlis - Tectonics, 1982 - Wiley Online Library
Local geologic relationships in the western Chugach Mountains, together with regional
considerations, suggest that in the Early Cretaceous a subduction zone was formed along …

Tertiary tectonics of the Border Ranges fault system, Chugach Mountains, Alaska: Deformation and uplift in a forearc setting

TA Little, CW Naeser - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 1989 - Wiley Online Library
The Border Ranges fault system (BRFS) locally separates supracrustal Upper Cretaceous‐
Tertiary rocks of the Cook Inlet/Matanuska Valley forearc basin on the Peninsular terrane …

Cenozoic tectono‐thermal history of the Tordrillo Mountains, Alaska: Paleocene‐Eocene ridge subduction, decreasing relief, and late Neogene faulting

JA Benowitz, PJ Haeussler, PW Layer… - Geochemistry …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Topographic development inboard of the continental margin is a predicted response to ridge
subduction. New thermochronology results from the western Alaska Range document ridge …

Deep‐seated flow as a mechanism for the uplift of broad forearc ridges and its role in the exposure of high P/T metamorphic terranes

TL Pavlis, RL Bruhn - Tectonics, 1983 - Wiley Online Library
Forearc systems evolve through the interplay of numerous processes, but aside from lateral
movements much of the observed variability in morphology can be related to evolution of …

Ambient noise tomography across the southern Alaskan Cordillera

KM Ward - Geophysical Research Letters, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
I present the results of an extensive data mining effort integrating 197 permanent and
temporary seismic stations into a Rayleigh wave ambient noise study across southern …

Subduction zones and their hydrocarbon systems

AM Hessler, GR Sharman - Geosphere, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Subduction zones are common tectonic features central to large-scale crustal and elemental
cycling, and they are accompanied by basins often with thick sedimentary fill and structures …