Mechanical basis for low-angle normal faulting in the Basin and Range province

Nature

Volumn 343, Issue 6256, 1990, Pages 331-335

  Melosh, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ELASTIC CRUST MODEL; LOW ANGLE FAULTING; STRESS ORIENTATION;

USA, BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE;

EID: 0025198401     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/343331a0     Document Type: Article

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