Transtensional fault-termination basins: An important basin type illustrated by the Pliocene San Jose Island basin and related basins in the southern Gulf of California, Mexico

Basin Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 297-322

  Umhoefer, Paul J ^a   Schwennicke, Tobias ^b   Del Margo, Maya T ^a   Ruiz geraldo, Gabriela ^b   Ingle, James C ^c   Mcintosh, William ^d  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FAULT; PLIOCENE; RIFTING; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRANSTENSION;

AEGEAN SEA; CALIFORNIA; DEATH VALLEY; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250328337     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2007.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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