The San Andreas Fault System

The San Andreas Fault System
Author: Robert E. Powell
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1993
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0813711789

The authors of the ten chapters in this volume critically examine the geologic evidence that constrains timing and magnitude of movement on various faults of the San Andreas system, and they develop and discuss paleogeologic reconstructions based on these constraints. The volume offers new insight into the evolution of the San Andreas fault system,

Seismotectonics of the Central California Coast Ranges

Seismotectonics of the Central California Coast Ranges
Author: Ina B. Alterman
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Total Pages: 250
Release: 1994-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0813722926

Presents 12 papers from the 1987 GSA Symposium on the Seismotectonics of the Central California Coast Ranges. Topics include the tectonic setting of the offshore and onshore Santa Maria Basin and surrounding regions, the San Simeon/Hosgri fault system, soil stratigraphy techniques, geophysical instr

The San Andreas Fault System, California

The San Andreas Fault System, California
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1990
Genre: Geology
ISBN:

An overview of the history, geology, geomorphology, geophysics, and seismology of the most well known plate tectonic boundary in the world.