Cenozoic basins of the Death Valley extended terrane as reflected in regional-scale gravity anomaliesCenozoic basins of the Death Valley extended terrane as reflected in regional-scale gravity anomalies

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 333, Issue , 1999, Pages 1-16

  Blakely, Richard J ^a   Jachens, Robert C ^a   Calzia, James P ^a   Langenheim, Victoria E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; DEPOSITS; FLOORS; GRAVITATION; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

DETACHMENT SURFACES; EXTENSIONAL STRAIN; GRAVITY INVERSIONS; LATERAL DIMENSION; NORTHWEST EXTENSIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; TOPOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FEATURES;

LANDFORMS;

CENOZOIC; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FAULT ZONE; GRAVITY ANOMALY; MAGMA; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TERRANE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; UPPER CRUST; VOLCANIC BELT;

CALIFORNIA; DEATH VALLEY; MOJAVE DESERT; OWENS VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65349127885     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2333-7.1     Document Type: Article

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