Late Quaternary deformation and slip rates in the northern San Andreas fault zone at Olema Valley, Marin County, California

Tectonophysics

Volumn 401, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 231-250

  Grove, Karen ^a   Niemi, Tina M ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravity; Quaternary; San Andreas fault; Slip rate; Stratigraphy; Structure

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIP; NEOTECTONICS; QUATERNARY; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SLIP RATE;

CALIFORNIA; MARIN COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20444424166     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.03.014     Document Type: Article

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