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Table of Contents - Special Paper 445

Deformation and Exhumation at Convergent Margins:
The Franciscan Subduction Complex

by Uwe Ring

Preface Abstract Introduction — Statement of the Problem The Franciscan Triad — An Overview
	Franciscan Subduction Complex Coast Range Fault Zone Great Valley Forearc Basin Burial, Accretion, and Average Rates of Exhumation Current Tectonic Models for the Franciscan Subduction Complex Open Questions and Aims of Study
Pressure-Temperature Evolution and Evidence for Solution-Mass-Transfer Deformation
	P-T Evolution of the Eastern Franciscan Belt
		Northern California Diablo Range
	P-T Evolution of the Central Franciscan Belt P-T Evolution of the Forearc Basin Evidence for SMT Deformation in the Eastern and Central Belts SMT Deformation-Metamorphism Relationships
Methods of Strain Analysis, Sampling, and Data Collection
	Kinematics of Brittle Fault Zones Preferred Method of Analysis Sites of Fault Studies Ductile Strain Calculation of Exhumation by Vertical Ductile Thinning
Brittle Strain on the Coast Range Fault Zone
	Overview Structures in the Coast Range Fault Zone Brittle Strain Analysis
		Yolla Bolly Mountains Diablo Range
	Interpretation of Data
		Constraints for Physical Setting of Fault Slip Rotation Analysis
Brittle Strain in the Franciscan Subduction Complex
	Brittle Strain Analysis
		Northern California Coastal Belt Thrust Faults Related to the San Andreas Fault System
Ductile Strain and Mass Loss in the Eastern and Central Franciscan Belts
	Directions and Magnitudes of the Finite Stretches
		Northern California Yolla Bolly Mountains Leech Lake Mountain Mendocino Pass Traverse Cloverdale Transect Bay Area Diablo Range Summary of Data
	Volume Strain and Strain Geometry Internal Rotation and Strain Regime
Role of Ductile Thinning of the Overburden to Exhumation of the High-Pressure Metamorphic Rocks
	Residence Times of High-Pressure Rocks in the Franciscan Subduction Complex Results
Discussion: Ductile Data
	Mass Loss, Pattern, and Magnitude of Ductile Deformation Ductile Fabrics in Del Puerto Canyon Ductile Strain, Exhumation of Franciscan High-Pressure Rocks, and the Role of SMT Deformation Mechanisms Comparisons with Other Accretionary Wedges
Discussion: Brittle Data
	Tectonic Wedging Kinematics of the Coast Range Fault Zone and Intra-Franciscan Faults Possible Cause for Out-of-Sequence Thrusting in the Franciscan Subduction Complex
Discussion: Sedimentologic Aspects
	Emergence of Forearc High and Sedimentologic Record Erosional Exhumation
Proposed Tectonic Evolution Conclusions Acknowledgments Appendix
	Maps Brittle Strain Analysis
		Coast Range Fault Zone Yolla Bolly Mountains Diablo Range Intra-Franciscan Faults Northern California Coastal Belt thrust Faults related to the San Andreas fault system
References Cited

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Table of Contents - Special Paper 445

Deformation and Exhumation at Convergent Margins: The Franciscan Subduction Complex

Deformation and Exhumation at Convergent Margins:
The Franciscan Subduction Complex