The Cuyama strike-slip basin, California, U.S.A.: An exemplar of contrasting syntectonic and post-tectonic strata

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 268-287

  Hoppie, Bryce ^a   Garrison, Robert E ^b  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TEXTURES; WELL LOGGING;

ACCOMMODATION SPACE; EUSTATIC SEA LEVEL; LATERAL DISTRIBUTIONS; RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL CHANGES; SEDIMENTARY FACIES; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; STRATIGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT;

TECTONICS;

DOLOMITE; MIOCENE; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SOIL TEXTURE; STRATABOUND DEPOSIT; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

CALIFORNIA; CUYAMA BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18944401403     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/061801720268     Document Type: Article

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