Chasing the Garlock: A study of tectonic response to vertical axis rotation

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 553-556

  Guest, Bernard ^a   Pavlis, Terry L ^a   Golding, Heather ^a   Serpa, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Death Valley; Garlock fault; Mojave; Tectonics; Vertical axis rotation

Indexed keywords

TECTONIC RESPONSE;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAKES; ROTATION;

TECTONICS;

DEFORMATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC ROTATION; TECTONICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037932562     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0553:CTGASO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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