Isostatic rebound, active faulting, and potential geomorphic effects in the Lake Lahontan basin, Nevada and California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1739-1756

  Adams, Kenneth D ^a,c   Wesnousky, Steven G ^a   Bills, Bruce G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORMATION; EARTH (PLANET); FAULTING;

DEFORMATION PATTERN; GEOMORPHIC EFFECTS; ISOSTATIC REBOUND; LATE PLEISTOCENE; PRELIMINARY MODEL; REGIONAL DEFORMATIONS; SURFICIAL PROCESS; UPPER MANTLE VISCOSITY;

LAKES;

ACTIVE FAULT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL REBOUND; ISOSTASY; PLEISTOCENE;

CALIFORNIA; LAKE LAHONTAN BASIN; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033502047     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<1739:IRAFAP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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