Long-term continental deformation associated with transpressive plate motion: The San Andreas fault

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 967-970

  Spotila, James A ^a   Niemi, Nathan ^b   Brady, Robert ^c   House, Martha ^d   Buscher, Jamie ^a   Oskin, Mike ^e  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d PASADENA CITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental transform faults; Mountain building; San Andreas fault; Themochronometry; Transpression

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL TRANSFORM FAULTS; FAULT-NORMAL MOTION; MOUNTAIN BUILDING; PLATE MOTION; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SLIP PARTITIONING;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION; NORMAL FAULT; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE MOTION; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; TRANSPRESSION; UPLIFT;

EID: 37448999760     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23816A.1     Document Type: Article

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