Late miocene-pleistocene extensional faulting, northern gulf of california, mexico and salton trough, california

International Geology Review

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 217-244

  Axen, Gary J ^a   Fletcher, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; MIOCENE; PLEISTOCENE;

EID: 0031853293     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206819809465207     Document Type: Article

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