Correlation of clayey gouge in a surface exposure of serpentinite in the San Andreas Fault with gouge from the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD)

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2012, Pages 51-60

  Moore, Diane E ^a   Rymer, Michael J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coast Range Ophiolite; Metasomatic reactions; SAFOD; San Andreas Fault; Saponitic smectite clays; Serpentinite

Indexed keywords

COAST RANGE OPHIOLITES; METASOMATIC REACTIONS; SAFOD; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SERPENTINITE; SMECTITE CLAYS;

BUILDINGS; CLAY MINERALS; CORE DRILLING; MAGNESIUM; OBSERVATORIES;

STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

CORRELATION; CREEP; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT ZONE; METASOMATISM; OPHIOLITE; OUTCROP; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SERPENTINITE; SMECTITE; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 84859931557     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

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