Late Miocene to Recent transtensional tectonics in the Sierra San Fermin, northeastern Baja California, Mexico

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1043-1063

  Lewis, Claudia J ^a   Stock, Joann M ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALEOMAGNETISM;

DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCK MECHANICS; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VECTORS;

TECTONICS;

DEFORMATION; EXTENSION; FAULTING; NEOTECTONICS; PLATE BOUNDARY; STRESS;

MEXICO, BAJA CALIFORNIA, SIERRA SAN FERMIN;

EID: 0032144928     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(98)00038-8     Document Type: Article

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