Termination of strike-slip faults at convergence zones within continental transform boundaries: Examples from the California Continental Borderland

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 227, Issue , 2004, Pages 65-82

  Legg, M R ^a   Kamerling, M J ^b   Francis, R D ^c  

^a Legg Geophysical   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT MARGIN; COUPLING; LITHOSPHERE; OROGENY; PLATE BOUNDARY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

EID: 5544278918     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.227.01.04     Document Type: Article

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