Moving Under, Around, and Through the Miocene Reconstruction of Southern California

Authors

John Barron, USGS

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

8-1986

Comments

Published in PALAIOS, Aug 1986; 1: 427 - 428.

Abstract

Modern southern California is fragmented by faults that juxtapose blocks with contrasting topographies and differing geologic histories. Many of the tectonic events that have shaped southern California were initiated during the Miocene, as subduction along the ancient trench margin off southern California was replaced by transform (strikeslip) faulting, such as that along the San Andreas fault.