Introduction to geology of Ridge Basin, southern California

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 367, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-15

  Crowell, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FAULT SCARP; FAULTING; GEOLOGY; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; TRANSFORM FAULT; UPLIFT;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870910796     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2367-1.1     Document Type: Review

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