Extension and mantle upwelling within the San Andreas fault zone, San Francisco Bay area, California

Tectonics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 883-890

  Jové, Carlos F ^a   Coleman, Robert G ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; UPWELLING;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

ALKALINITY; LAKES; LITHOLOGY; OLIVINE; RESERVOIRS (WATER); STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

ALKALINE VOLCANISM; FAULT INTERACTIONS; MANTLE TEMPERATURES; MANTLE UPWELLINGS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA , CALIFORNIA; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

SILICATE MINERALS;

CALLUNA VULGARIS; CANIS LATRANS;

EID: 0032419156     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998TC900012     Document Type: Article

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