Oblique opening and noncoaxial emplacement of the Jurassic Independence dike swarm, California

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1275-1283

  Glazner, Allen F ^a   Bartley, John M ^b   Carl, Brian S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c White Mountain Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL SCALE SINISTRAL SHEAR SYSTEM; DIKE EMPLACEMENT; INDEPENDENCE DIKE SWARM; MAGMATIC ARC; ROCK MYLONITE ZONES;

DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LEVEES; PETROGRAPHY; ROCKS; SHEAR STRESS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DIKE SWARM; EMPLACEMENT; JURASSIC;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033208270     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00090-5     Document Type: Article

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