Late Cenozoic tectonics of the central and southern Coast Ranges of California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 846-876

  Page, Benjamin M ^a   Thompson, George A ^a   Coleman, Robert G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

FLUID PRESSURES; LATE QUATERNARY; MAGNETIC STUDIES; NORTH AMERICAN PLATES; PLATE BOUNDARIES; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING; TRANSVERSE COMPRESSION;

FAULT SLIPS;

CENOZOIC; NEOTECTONICS; TECTONICS;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879880139     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1998)110<0846:OLCTOT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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