Net dextral slip, Neogene San Gregorio-Hosgri fault zone, coastal California: Geologic evidence and tectonic implications

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 391, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-43

  Dickinson, William R ^a   Ducea, Mihai ^a   Rosenberg, Lewis I ^b   Greene, H Gary ^c   Graham, Stephan A ^d   Clark, Joseph C ^b   Weber, Gerald E ^b   Kidder, Steven ^a   Brabb, Earl E ^d   Ernst, W Gary ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b Moss Landing Marine Labs ^*  (United States)

^c MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Hosgri fault; Nacimiento fault; Salinian block; San Andreas fault; San Gregorio fault

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DEFORMATION; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; RESTORATION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRANSFORM FAULTS;

CALIFORNIA; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; FRANCISCAN COMPLEX; SALINIAN BLOCK; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SANTA MARIA BASINS; TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS; TECTONIC ROTATIONS;

FAULT SLIPS;

CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DISPLACEMENT; EVOLUTION; FAULT ZONE; GRANODIORITE; MIOCENE; NEOGENE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC ROTATION; TRANSFORM FAULT;

ARGENTINA; CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; POINT REYES; POINT SAL; SALINIAN BLOCK; SAN ANDREAS; SAN FRANCISCO [CALIFORNIA]; SAN LUIS; SAN SIMEON; SANTA MARIA BASIN; TRANSVERSE RANGES; UNITED STATES;

COLUMBA;

EID: 73949156893     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2391-4.1     Document Type: Article

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