Structure and regional significance of the Late Permian(?) Sierra Nevada - Death Valley thrust system, east-central California

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 73, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 103-113

  Stevens, Calvin H ^a   Stone, Paul ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Death Valley; Morrison orogeny; Permian; Sierra Nevada; Sonoma orogeny; Tectonics; Thrust fault

Indexed keywords

PERMIAN; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THRUST FAULT;

CALIFORNIA; DEATH VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29144475789     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2005.04.006     Document Type: Article

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