Using vertical axis rotations to characterize off-fault deformation across the san andreas fault system, central California

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 711-714

  Titus, Sarah J ^a   Crump, Sarah ^a   McGuire, Zachary ^a,c   Horsman, Eric ^b   Housen, Bernard ^c  

^a CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CLOCKWISE ROTATION; COUNTER CLOCKWISE ROTATION; CREEPING SEGMENT; DATA SETS; GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE; KINEMATIC MODEL; MIOCENE; MONTEREY FORMATION; PALEOMAGNETIC DATA; PALEOMAGNETIC ROTATIONS; PLATE MOTIONS; SALINIAN BASEMENT; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; TIME-SCALES; VELOCITY FIELD; VERTICAL-AXIS ROTATION;

DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; TECTONICS; VELOCITY;

ROTATION;

BORDER REGION; DEFORMATION; GPS; KINEMATICS; MIOCENE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLATE MOTION; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; TECTONIC ROTATION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960607013     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31802.1     Document Type: Article

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