The San Gabriel mountains bright reflective zone: Possible evidence of young mid-crustal thrust faulting in southern California

Tectonophysics

Volumn 286, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 31-46

  Ryberg, Trond ^a   Fuis, Gary S ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bright spot: San Andreas fault zone; Brittle ductile; Crustal structure; Low velocity zone; Reflection seismics; Transition

Indexed keywords

BRIGHT SPOT; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; THRUST FAULTING;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0031869249     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00253-9     Document Type: Article

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