Late Cenozoic structure and tectonics of the northern Mojave Desert

Tectonics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 905-932

  Schermer, E R ^a   Luyendyk, B P ^b   Cisowski, S ^b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; CAINOZOIC; DEFORMATION; FAULTING; PALAEOMAGNETISM; TECTONICS;

USA, CALIFORNIA, MOJAVE DESERT; USA, NEVADA, MOJAVE DESERT;

EID: 0030429847     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96TC00131     Document Type: Article

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