Controls on timing and amount of right-lateral offset on the East Bay fault system, San Francisco Bay region, California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1471-1479

  Graymer, R W ^a   Sarna Wojcicki, A M ^a   Walker, J P ^a   McLaughlin, R J ^a   Fleck, R J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Offsets; San Andreas fault; San Francisco Bay region; Strike slip faults; Tectonic models

Indexed keywords

EAST BAY FAULT SYSTEM; FAULT ZONES;

DEFORMATION; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

GEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036971541     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<1471:COTAAO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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