Tectonic and magmatic development of the Salinian Coast Ridge Belt, California

Tectonics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Kidder, Steven ^a   Ducea, Mihai ^a   Gehrels, George ^a   Patchett, P Jonathan ^a   Vervoort, Jeffrey ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibolite granulite; Coast Ridge Belt; Deep arc exposures; Salinia; Salinian block; Santa Lucia Mountains

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSE; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION; FOREARC BASIN; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHIC ROCK; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA; SALINIAN BLOCK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042427165     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002TC001409     Document Type: Article

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