Implications of volcanism in coastal California for the Neogene deformation history of western North America

Tectonics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-22

  Wilson, Douglas S ^a   McCrory, Patricia A ^b   Stanley, Richard G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEOGENE; TECTONICS; VOLCANISM;

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

EID: 25444467985     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003TC001621     Document Type: Review

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