Marine incursion synchronous with plate-boundary localization in the Gulf of California

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-26

  Oskin, Michael ^a   Stock, Joann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf of California; Marine sediments; Mexico; Rifting; Salton trough

Indexed keywords

MARINE INCURSION SYNCHRONOUS;

DATA REDUCTION; MARINE ENGINEERING; ROCKS;

GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL THINNING; MARINE SEDIMENT; NEOGENE; PLATE BOUNDARY; RIFTING; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCK;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037281324     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0023:MISWPB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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