Pleistocene Brawley and Ocotillo Formations: Evidence for initial strike-slip deformation along the San Felipe and San Jacinto fault zonez, Southern California

Journal of Geology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-62

  Kirby, Stefan M ^a   Janecke, Susanne U ^a   Dorsey, Rebecca J ^a,b   Housen, Bernard A ^a,c   Langenheim, Victoria E ^a,d   McDougall, Kristin A ^a,e   Steeley, Alexander N ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLEISTOCENE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SALTON TROUGH; UNITED STATES;

FOUQUIERIA SPLENDENS;

EID: 33846444990     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/509248     Document Type: Article

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