Block rotation and termination of the Hosgri strike-slip fault, California, from three-dimensional map restoration

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1039-1042

  Sorlien, Christopher C ^a,c   Kamerling, Marc J ^a   Mayerson, Drew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOCKS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; RESTORATION; ROTATION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

BLOCK LENGTHS; CONTOUR MAP; DIGITAL MAP; LATE CENOZOIC; NORTH AMERICAN PLATES; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MAPS; VERTICAL-AXIS ROTATION;

FAULT SLIPS;

BLOCK ROTATION; FAULT; FOLDING; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRANSFORM FAULT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033377427     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<1039:BRATOT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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