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Geomorphological, depositional, and foraminiferal indicators of late Quaternary tectonic uplift in Iskenderun Bay, Turkey Geomorphological, depositional, and foraminiferal indicators of late Quaternary tectonic uplift in Iskenderun Bay, Turkey

Iskenderun Bay is a major shallow embayment in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea, where the African and Anatolian Plates converge. This tectonically active basin was investigated for oceanographic, sedimentological, geochemical, and foraminiferal parameters. On the basis of the data acquired, the distribution of living and fossil foraminifera in 284 grab and 54 gravity core...
Authors
Valentina Yanko-Hombach, H. Koral, Niyazi Avsar, Irena Motnenko, Mary McGann

A field guide to the central, creeping section of the San Andreas fault and the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth A field guide to the central, creeping section of the San Andreas fault and the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth

This field trip is along the central section of the San Andreas fault and consists of eight stops that illustrate surface evidence of faulting, in general, and features associated with active fault creep, in particular. Fault creep is slippage along a fault that occurs either in association with small-magnitude earthquakes or without any associated large-magnitude earthquakes. Another...
Authors
Michael J. Rymer, Stephen H. Hickman, Philip W. Stoffer

The San Andreas fault on the San Francisco peninsula The San Andreas fault on the San Francisco peninsula

This field trip consists of stops in four locations that provide insight into the San Andreas fault along the San Francisco peninsula. The first two stops provide an overview and close-up look at the fault where no urbanization has occurred. The last two stops are examples of areas where urbanization occurred directly over the fault prior to current regulations. The field trip also...
Authors
Carol S. Prentice, Greg W. Bartow, N. Timothy Hall, Michele Liapes

Selected case studies using CFC data Selected case studies using CFC data

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Authors
L.N. Plummer, Eurybiades Busenberg, P.G. Cook, L. F Han, M. Groning
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