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Title Russell fault: early strike-slip fault of California Coast Ranges
Creator/Author Yeats, R.S. ; Calhoun, J.A. ; Nevins, B.B. ; Schwing, H.F. ; Spitz, H.M. (Oregon State Univ., Corvallis (USA))
Publication Date1989 Sep 01
OSTI IdentifierOSTI ID: 5535768
Other Number(s)ISSN0149-1423; CODEN: AABUD
Resource TypeJournal Article
Resource RelationAAPG Bulletin (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) ; Vol/Issue: 73:9
Subject020200 -- Petroleum-- Reserves, Geology, & Exploration; CALIFORNIA-- PETROLEUM DEPOSITS;PETROLEUM DEPOSITS-- GEOLOGIC TRAPS; GEOLOGIC FAULTS;GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS;SANDSTONES;SEDIMENTARY BASINS;SHALES;TERTIARY PERIOD
Related SubjectCENOZOIC ERA;FEDERAL REGION IX;GEOLOGIC AGES;GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS;GEOLOGIC FRACTURES;GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES;MINERAL RESOURCES;NORTH AMERICA;RESOURCES;ROCKS;SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;USA
Description/Abstract The subsurface Russell fault is a controlling structure for oil fields in the Cuyama basin in the southern Salinian block of coastal California.^Movement on the Russell fault began at about 23 Ma following deposition of the Oligocene Simmler Formation in extensional basins bounded on the south by normal-fault ancestors of the La Panza and Ozena reverse faults.^Right-lateral strike slip on the Russell fault began with deposition of the Soda Lake Shale Member of the Vaqueros Formation.^The Soda Lake Shale Member and Painted Rock Sandstone Member of the Vaqueros Formation were deposited in west-trending, right-stepping troughs, while most of the right slip on the Russell fault accumulated 23-19 Ma.^Pre-Vaqueros strata are offset 26-29 km, but Vaqueros isopachs are offset only 3.7 km.^The Whiterock Bluff Shale Member of the Monterey Formation is dated as 16.5-14 Ma; the facies boundary between the Whiterock Bluff Shale Member and the Branch Canyon Sandstone is offset 3-3.4 km.^Coeval subsidiary faults near the Russell fault in Miocene strata at least as young as 11 Ma also support distributed right-lateral shear.^9 figs.
Country of PublicationUnited States
LanguageEnglish
FormatPages: 1089-1102
System Entry Date2001 May 13

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