Footwall drainage evolution and scarp retreat in response to increasing fault displacement: Loreto fault, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 651-654

  Mortimer, Estella ^a   Carrapa, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baja California; Drainage evolution; Fault displacement rate; Provenance

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT EXPANSION; DRAINAGE EVOLUTION; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT DISPLACEMENT RATE; SLIP RATE;

CATCHMENTS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DRAINAGE;

CONGLOMERATE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DRAINAGE; FAULT SCARP; FOOTWALL; PROVENANCE; SLIP RATE; SOURCE ROCK; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34547133243     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23690A.1     Document Type: Article

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