Taking apart the Big Pine fault: Redefining a major structural feature in southern California

Tectonics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Onderdonk, Nathan W ^a,b   Minor, Scott A ^c   Kellogg, Karl S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FAULT ZONE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33144480930     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005TC001817     Document Type: Article

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