Geologic mapping-Where the rubber meets the road

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 413, Issue 413, 2006, Pages 13-28

  Ernst, W G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Franciscan terrane; Klamath mountains; Sanbagawa belt; Western alps; White inyo range

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; LANDFORMS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; REMOTE SENSING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

FRANCISCAN TERRANE; HIGH-GRADE METAMORPHIC ROCKS; KLAMATH MOUNTAINS; LOW-TEMPERATURE RECRYSTALLIZATION; STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; SUBDUCTION ZONE MODELING; WESTERN ALPS; WHITE-INYO RANGE;

MAPPING;

CAMBRIAN; CRUST; DATA ASSIMILATION; EARTH SCIENCE; JURASSIC; KNOWLEDGE; MAP; MAPPING; RECRYSTALLIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH; REVERSE FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TEMPERATURE; TERRANE; TRAINING;

ALPS; CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; DIABLO RANGE; EASTERN ALPS; JAPAN; KLAMATH MOUNTAINS; PACHECO PASS; SAMBAGAWA BELT; SHIKOKU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72449187103     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2413(02)     Document Type: Article

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