CDP seismic sections of the western Beaufort continental margin
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.
Citation Information
Publication Year | 1979 |
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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 |