Subduction and exhumation of the Pelona-Orocopia-Rand schists, southern California

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 547-550

  Jacobson, Carl E ^a   Oyarzabal, Felix R ^a   Haxel, Gordon B ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA; COLLISION MODEL; FRANCISCAN COMPLEX; PETROGRAPHIC STUDIES; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

GEOLOGY;

COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DIP-SLIP FAULT; EXHUMATION; SCHIST; SUBDUCTION ZONE; COLLISION; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC TRANSPORT; TERRANE;

ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0029729819     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0547:SAEOTP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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