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CDP seismic sections of the western Beaufort continental margin

January 1, 1979

The continental rise, slope, and shelf in the Beaufort Sea off northern Alaska were surveyed with 5600 km of common-depth-point (CDP) seismic data by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1977. The lower continental rise consists of a wedge of at least 4.5 km of low-velocity, generally flat-lying, parallel-bedded sediments. Slump-related diapiric folds, probably cored by shale, occur on the upper rise and lower slope. The observed minimum depth to oceanic basement in the Canada Basin requires an age for this basin of at least 120 m.y., assuming it to be floored by oceanic crust with a subsidence history similar to that of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. ?? 1979.

Publication Year 1979
Title CDP seismic sections of the western Beaufort continental margin
Authors S. Eittreim, A. Grantz
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Tectonophysics
Index ID 70012415
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse