Active folding and blind thrust faulting induced by basin inversion processes, InnerCalifornia Borderlands

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 94, 2011, Pages 187-214

  Rivero, Carlos ^a,b   Shaw, John H ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FOLDING; INVERSION TECTONICS; NORMAL FAULT; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PACIFIC PLATE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; THRUST FAULT; TRANSPRESSION;

CALIFORNIA; SAN DIEGO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865607427     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/132S1338M943432     Document Type: Article

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