Previously unrecognized regional structure of the Coastal Belt of the Franciscan Complex, northern California, revealed by magnetic data

Geosphere

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1514-1529

  Langenheim, V E ^a   Jachens, R C ^a   Wentworth, C M ^a   Mclaughlin, R J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; FRANCISCAN COMPLEX; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MENDOCINO TRIPLE JUNCTIONS; PERMEABILITY CONTRASTS; REGIONAL STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL DETAILS; STRUCTURAL STUDIES;

BASALT; METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

MAGNETISM;

ACCRETION; AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; BASALT; FAULTING; FOLDING; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GRAYWACKE; IMBRICATION; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; REGIONAL GEOLOGY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84889651095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00942.1     Document Type: Article

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