The Pelona–Orocopia–Rand and related schists of southern California: a review of the best-known archive of shallow subduction on the planet
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DOI: 10.1080/00206814.2016.1230836
Abstract: ABSTRACT The Pelona–Orocopia–Rand and related schists of southern California are an archetypal example of an exhumed shallow subduction complex. ‘The schist’ comprises mainly trench materials underthust beneath continental arc rocks during Late Cretaceous–early Cenozoic collision… read more here.
Keywords: southern california; subduction; shallow subduction; orocopia rand ... See more keywords