Epeirogenic transients related to mantle lithosphere removal in the southern Sierra Nevada region, California: Part II. Implications of rock uplift and basin subsidence relations

Geosphere

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 394-425

  Saleeby, J ^a   Saleeby, Z ^a   Le Pourhiet, L ^b,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DELAMINATION; FOREARC BASIN; GEODYNAMICS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MICROPLATE; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; THERMOMECHANICS; UPLIFT;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; SAN ANDREAS; SAN JOAQUIN BASIN; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873489013     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00816.1     Document Type: Article

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