Structures that accommodated differential vertical axis rotation of the western Transverse Ranges, California

Tectonics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Onderdonk, Nathan W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; PALEOMAGNETISM; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC ROTATION; TECTONICS;

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

EID: 27744591717     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004TC001769     Document Type: Article

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