Compaction-corrected inclinations from southern California Cretaceous marine sedimentary rocks indicate no paleolatitudinal offset for the Peninsular Ranges terrane

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue B11, 1998, Pages 27169-27192

  Tan, Xiaodong ^a   Kodama, K P ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; COMPACTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOMAGNETISM; TERRANE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032469061     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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