Long-term tectonic control on Holocene shelf sedimentation offshore La Jolla, California

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 275-278

  Hogarth, Leah J ^a   Babcock, Jeffrey ^a   Driscoll, Neal W ^a   Le Dantec, Nicolas ^a   Haas, Jennifer K ^a   Inman, Douglas L ^a   Masters, Patricia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Tectonic deformation; Transgressive surface; Transpression

Indexed keywords

TRANSGRESSIVE SURFACE; TRANSPRESSION;

BATHYMETRY; COASTAL ZONES; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

TECTONICS;

DEFORMATION; HOLOCENE; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENTATION; SHELF SEDIMENT; TRANSPRESSION;

CALIFORNIA; LA JOLLA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN DIEGO; UNITED STATES;

PINUS TORREYANA;

EID: 33947328683     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23234A.1     Document Type: Article

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