Kinematics of the Eastern California shear zone: Evidence for slip transfer from Owens and Saline Valley fault zones to Fish Lake Valley fault zone

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 339-342

  Reheis, Marith C ^a   Dixon, Timothy H ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; GEODESY; LAKES; LANDFORMS;

EASTERN CALIFORNIA; FISH LAKE VALLEY; GEOLOGIC SLIP RATES; LATE QUATERNARY; NORTHWEST EXTENSIONS; OWENS VALLEYS; PLATE BOUNDARIES; SLIP DISTRIBUTION; NORMAL FAULTS; SLIP TRANSFER;

FAULT SLIPS;

FAULT ZONE; GEODESY; KINEMATICS; NORMAL FAULT; PLATE BOUNDARY; SHEAR ZONE; SLIP RATE; FAULT SLIP; GEODETIC SURVEY; SLIP TRANSFER;

CALIFORNIA; CANADA; DEVON ISLAND; FISH LAKE; GREAT BASIN; NUNAVUT; OWENS VALLEY; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS; UNITED STATES; EASTERN CALIFORNIA SHEAR ZONE; USA;

EID: 0029774456     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0339:KOTECS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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