Crustal structure across the central Alaska Range: Anatomy of a Mesozoic collisional zone

• Published in: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
• Main Authors: Brennan, P.R.K., Gilbert, H., Ridgway, K. D.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Purdue University 2011
• Subjects: receiver functions; suture zone; Alaska Range; Wrangellia composite terrane; Hines Creek fault; Talkeetna fault; Earth Sciences; Hines; Hines Creek; Yukon; alaska range; Alaska
• Online Access: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/easpubs/10; https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GC003519; https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/context/easpubs/article/1002/viewcontent/Brennan.pdf

A first-order process in the growth of continents is the collision and accretion of terranes against continental margins. Collision leads to the formation of a suture zone between the accreted terrane and the former continental margin. New insights on the suturing process are observed from two recei...