Stepovers that migrate with respect to affected deposits: Field characteristics and speculation on some details of their evolution

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 290, Issue , 2007, Pages 169-188

  Wakabayashi, J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING; DEPOSITION; DISPLACEMENT; EXHUMATION; FAULT ZONE; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; PULL APART BASIN; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN ANDREAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38549108934     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP290.4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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