Along-strike translation of a fossil slab

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 331-332, Issue , 2012, Pages 315-321

  Pikser, Jacob E ^a   Forsyth, Donald W ^a   Hirth, Greg ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D numerical model; California; Creeping section; Microplates; San Andreas; Slab

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CREEPING SECTION; MICROPLATES; SAN ANDREAS; SLAB;

STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ASTHENOSPHERE; CENOZOIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOSSIL; GEODYNAMICS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PACIFIC PLATE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860225355     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.03.027     Document Type: Article

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