. The Eastern Bering Sea Shelf : oceanography and resources / edited by Donald W. Hood and John A. Calder . Figure 18-3. Late Cretaceous tectonic framework of tiie Bering Strait region. (2) Easterly directed compressional deformation beginning in latest Cretaceous time produced east- ward and northeastward overthrusts along an arcu- ate front extending from eastern Seward Peninsula to Wrangel Island (Martin 1970, Sainsbury 1972, Patton 1973). Minimum aggregate shortening in the Lisburne Hills uplift was 18 km (Martin 1970). During this phase, the transcurrent faults devel- oped along the easte


. The Eastern Bering Sea Shelf : oceanography and resources / edited by Donald W. Hood and John A. Calder . Figure 18-3. Late Cretaceous tectonic framework of tiie Bering Strait region. (2) Easterly directed compressional deformation beginning in latest Cretaceous time produced east- ward and northeastward overthrusts along an arcu- ate front extending from eastern Seward Peninsula to Wrangel Island (Martin 1970, Sainsbury 1972, Patton 1973). Minimum aggregate shortening in the Lisburne Hills uplift was 18 km (Martin 1970). During this phase, the transcurrent faults devel- oped along the eastern and western ends of the De Long Mountains (Martin 1970) in response to the eastward compression, causing the De Long Moun- tains to assume an arcuate northward bulge (Fig. 18-4). Closure of the seaway between Seward Pen- insula and mainland Alaska occurred along the thrust belt (Sachs and Strelkov 1961) at this time.


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