Tectonic geomorphology of the Ash Hill fault, Panamint Valley, California

Basin Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-63

  Densmore, Alexander L ^a   Anderson, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; EXTENSIONAL BASIN; FAULT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; NEOTECTONICS; SLIP RATE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

USA, CALIFORNIA, PANAMINT VALLEY, ASH HILL FAULT;

EID: 0031449893     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.1997.00028.x     Document Type: Article

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