Pliocene transpressional modification of depositional basins by convergent thrusting adjacent to the "Big Bend" of the San Andreas fault: An example from Lockwood Valley, southern California

Tectonics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Kellogg, Karl S ^a   Minor, Scott A ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLIOCENE; TECTONICS; THRUST; TRANSFORM FAULT; TRANSPRESSION;

CALIFORNIA; LOCKWOOD VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

VENTURA;

EID: 19844376545     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003TC001610     Document Type: Article

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