Right-lateral active faulting between southern Baja California and the Pacific plate: The Tosco-Abreojos fault

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 422, Issue , 2007, Pages 287-300

  Michaud, François ^a   Calmus, Thierry ^b   Royer, Jean Yves ^c   Sosson, Marc ^a   Bandy, Bill ^b   Mortera Gutiérrez, Carlos ^b   Dyment, Jérôme ^d   Bigot Cormier, Florence ^a   Chabert, Anne ^a   Bourgois, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Baja California; Pacific plate.; Plate boundary; Seafloor morphology; Tosco Abreojos fault

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

BAJA CALIFORNIA; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICAN PLATES; PACIFIC PLATES; PLATE BOUNDARIES; SEAFLOOR MORPHOLOGIES; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; STRIKE-SLIP MOTION;

TRANSFORM FAULTS;

FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; GPS; MORPHOLOGY; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEAFLOOR; SUBDUCTION;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; CALIFORNIA; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38649099145     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2422(09)     Document Type: Article

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