Contractional and extensional structures in the transpressive 'Big Bend' of the San Andreas fault, southern California

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 135, Issue , 1998, Pages 119-126

  Rust, Derek ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT ZONE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; TRANSPRESSION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032322659     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.135.01.08     Document Type: Article

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