Tectonic evolution of the Northern Salinian Block, California, USA: Paleogene to Recent shortening in a transform fault-bounded continental fragment

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 135, Issue , 1998, Pages 107-118

  Tavarnelli, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT MARGIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSFORM FAULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032323305     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.135.01.07     Document Type: Article

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