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Neogene Tectonics of the East Ventura and San Fernando Basins, California: An Overview

Robert S. Yeats

Published 2001, SCEC Contribution #577

The east Ventura Basin and San Fernando Valley have had a long, complex history, including extension and volcanism in the Miocene, initial contraction in the Miocene, and contraction at higher rates in the Quaternary along exposed and blind faults. Most faults are reverse except for the San Gabriel fault, which is a combination of reverse and right-slip fault. A table of potentially-active faults in the two basins with estimated slip rates is included. The paper accompanies field trips to the east Ventura basin and San Fernando Valley and a theme session, San Fernando Valley Geology and Tectonics as part of the Cordilleran Section, Geological Society of America meeting April 9-11, 2001.

Citation
Yeats, R. S. (2001). Neogene Tectonics of the East Ventura and San Fernando Basins, California: An Overview. In Yeats, R. S., & (Eds.), Geology and Tectonics of the East Ventura Basin and San Fernando Valley, (, pp. 9-36) Bakersfield, CA, : San Joaquin Geological Society