Geological Survey: Did the Aleutian Basin Form by Plate Capture or Backarc Basin Opening?
March 18, 2025
March 18, 2025
WASHINGTON, March 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article on February 22, 2025, entitled "Did the Aleutian Basin form by plate capture or backarc basin opening?"
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The origin of the Aleutian Basin is unresolved because its crust is deeply buried beneath sediments. It has been interpreted as forming in the Eocene when the Beringian convergent margin jump . . .
Here are excerpts:
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The origin of the Aleutian Basin is unresolved because its crust is deeply buried beneath sediments. It has been interpreted as forming in the Eocene when the Beringian convergent margin jump . . .