Stratigraphy, palynology, and provenance of the Colorado Creek basin, Alaska, USA: Oligocene transpressional tectonics along the central Denali fault system

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Trop, Jeffrey M, Ridgway, Kenneth D, Sweet, Arthur R
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2004
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Colorado Creek; alaska range; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e04-003; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e04-003

New sedimentologic, biostratigraphic, and compositional data from a 415-m-thick section of siliciclastic and volcanic strata document Oligocene synthrusting sedimentation south of the McKinley segment of the Denali fault system. Strata of the Colorado Creek basin are presently exposed on the south s...