Strike-slip partitioned transpression of the San Andreas fault system: a lithospheric-scale approach

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 135, Issue , 1998, Pages 143-158

  Teyssier, Christian ^a   Tikoff, Basil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRANSPRESSION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032322689     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.135.01.10     Document Type: Article

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