Growth of Wheeler Ridge anticline, California: Geomorphic evidence for fault-bend folding behaviour during earthquakes

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 1997, Pages 383-396

  Mueller, Karl ^a,b   Suppe, John ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; KINEMATICS; LANDFORMS;

ALLUVIAL FAN RIDGES; FAULT BEND FOLDING; FOLD GROWTH TERRACES; KINK BAND MIGRATION;

TECTONICS;

ACTIVE FAULT; ALLUVIAL FAN; ANTICLINE; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT; FAULT BEND FOLD; FOLD; LANDFORM; SEISMICITY; TERRACE;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, WHEELER RIDGE;

EID: 0031097136     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0191-8141(96)00112-5     Document Type: Article

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