Tectonic implications of Cenozoic volcanism in coastal California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 936-954

  Dickinson, William R ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DISPLACEMENT; MAGMATISM; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLATE BOUNDARY; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SUBDUCTION; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANISM; CAINOZOIC; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES; USA;

DEFORMATION; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); RECONSTRUCTION (STRUCTURAL); RESTORATION; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

CENOZOIC VOLCANIC ROCKS; COLUMBIA RIVER BASALTS; DECOMPRESSION MELTING; MENDOCINO TRIPLE JUNCTIONS; PALEOGEOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS; TORSIONAL DEFORMATIONS;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

EID: 0031437676     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<0936:OTIOCV>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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