Effect of the northward-migrating Mendocino triple junction on the Eel River forearc basin, California: Structural evolution

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1505-1519

  Gulick, Sean P S ^a   Meltzer, Anne S ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascadia subduction zone; Mendocino triple junction; Microplates; Seismic reflection profiles; Strike slip faults; Thrust faults

Indexed keywords

ANTICLINES;

CATCHMENTS; DEFORMATION; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; RIVERS; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; FOREARC BASIN; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036970681     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<1505:EOTNMM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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