Uplift and erosion of the San Bernardino Mountains associated with transpression along the San Andreas Fault, California, as constrained by radiogenic helium thermochronometry

Tectonics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 360-378

  Spotila, James A ^a   Farley, Kenneth A ^a   Sieh, Kerry ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; TECTONIC HISTORY; THERMOCHRONOMETRY; UPLIFT;

CALIFORNIA; SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS; USA;

EID: 0031754078     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98TC00378     Document Type: Article

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