Lithospheric evolution in the wake of the Mendocino triple junction: Structure of the San Andreas Fault system at 2 Ma

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 233-247

  Henstock, Timothy J ^a,b   Levander, Alan ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continental margins; Crustal deformation; Gravity; San Andreas Fault; Seismic velocities; Strike slip

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION; TECTONICS; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034097767     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00010.x     Document Type: Article

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