Rheological implications of heterogeneous deformation at multiple scales in the Late Cretaceous Sierra Nevada, California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 238-255

  Horsman, Eric ^a   Tikoff, Basil ^a   Czeck, Dyanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Rheology; Sierra Nevada; Strain; Structural analysis; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

CLEAVAGE REFRACTION; HETEROGENEOUS DEFORMATION; MULTIPLE SCALES;

DEFORMATION; LITHOLOGY; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN; STRATIGRAPHY; VISCOSITY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CLEAVAGE; CONGLOMERATE; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; LITHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REFRACTION; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38549135900     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26161.1     Document Type: Article

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