Paleomagnetism and tectonics of the Kamchatka region, Northeastern Russia: Implications for development and evolution of the Northwest Pacific basin

• Main Authors: Harbert, W, Kepezhinskas, P, Krylov, K, Grigoriev, V, Sokolov, S, Aleksuitin, M, Heiphetz, A, Layer, P
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: Bering Sea; Okhotsk; Pacific; Kamchatka Peninsula; Ukelayat; Olyutorskiy; Litke; Kamchatka; Koryak; Polarforschung
• Online Access: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/13672/; http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/13672/1/Polarforsch1998_37.pdf; http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/13672/8/licence.txt

The Kamchatka Peninsula of northeastern Russia is located along the northwestern margin of the Bering Sea and consists of zones of complexly deformed accreted terranes. Along the northern portion of the peninsula, progressing from the northwestern Bering Sea inland the Olyutorskiy, Ukelayat, and Kor...