Implications of distributed crustal deformation for exhumation in a portion of a transpressional plate boundary, Western Transverse Ranges, Southern California

Quaternary International

Volumn 101-102, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 169-177

  Meigs, Andrew ^a   Yule, Doug ^b   Blythe, Ann ^c   Burbank, Doug ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EXHUMATION; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; TRANSPRESSION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 12244272215     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(02)00099-X     Document Type: Article

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