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Crustal structure of a transform plate boundary: San Francisco Bay and the central California continental margin

January 1, 1996

Wide-angle seismic data collected during the Bay Area Seismic Imaging Experiment provide new glimpses of the deep structure of the San Francisco Bay Area Block and across the offshore continental margin. San Francisco Bay is underlain by a veneer (

Publication Year 1996
Title Crustal structure of a transform plate boundary: San Francisco Bay and the central California continental margin
Authors W.S. Holbrook, T.M. Brocher, Uri S. ten Brink, J.A. Hole
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth
Index ID 70017733
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
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