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Tertiary geologic framework, neotectonics, and petroleum potential of the Oregon-Washington Continental Margin

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Snavely, P. D., Jr. and Geological Survey (U.S.)

Abstract:

The Tertiary geologic evolution of the Oregon and Washington continental margin was molded by episodic periods of convergence between the Pacific oceanic plates and the North American plate. This margin is the site of a deep basin that is floored by Paleocene to lower Eocene oceanic crust and contains more...

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sodic periods of underthrusting, transcurrent faulting, and extension as a result of interaction