Geophysical evidence for wedging in the San Gorgonio Pass structural knot, southern San Andreas fault zone, southern California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 1554-1572

  Langenheim, V E ^a   Jachens, R C ^a   Matti, J C ^b   Hauksson, E ^c   Morton, D M ^b   Christensen, A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Banning fault; Gravity data; Magnetic data; San Andreas fault; San Gorgonio Pass; Wedging

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FAULT MOVEMENTS; FAULT ZONE; GEOPHYSICAL EVIDENCE; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; WEDGING;

DEFORMATION; GEODESY; GEOMAGNETISM; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FAULT ZONE; GRAVITY SURVEY; MAGNETIC SURVEY; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMICITY; THRUST FAULT;

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

EID: 27844561815     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25760.1     Document Type: Article

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