Vertical axis rotations in the Mojave: Evidence from the independence dike swarm

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 973-976

  Ron, Hagai ^a   Nur, Amos ^b  

^a The Institute for Petroleum Research and Geophysics Israel   (Israel)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOCKS; GRANITE; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LANDFORMS; LEVEES; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; ROTATION;

CLOCKWISE ROTATION; DIKE SWARMS; EARLY MIOCENE; LATE JURASSIC; MOJAVE DESERT; SIERRA NEVADA; VERTICAL AXIS; VERTICAL-AXIS ROTATION;

ROTATION; LANDFORMS;

DIKE SWARM; JURASSIC; PALEOMAGNETISM; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC ROTATION; BLOCK ROTATION; DYKE SWARM; STRIKE SLIP FAULT;

CALIFORNIA; MOJAVE DESERT; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; TRANSVERSE RANGES; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0030427222     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0973:VARITM>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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