Active displacement transfer and differential block motion within the central Walker Lane, western Great Basin

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-22

  Oldow, J S ^a   Aiken, C L V ^b   Hare, J L ^b   Ferguson, J F ^b   Hardyman, R F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Global positioning system geodesy; Walker Lane

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; VELOCITY;

ACTIVE TECTONICS; CENTRAL NEVADA SEISMIC BELTS; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLACEMENTS; EASTERN CALIFORNIA; EXTENSIONAL FAULTS; HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTIONS; NORTH AMERICAN PLATES; WALKER LANE;

FAULTING;

BLOCK ROTATION; CENOZOIC; DISPLACEMENT; GEODESY; GPS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VELOCITY;

GREAT BASIN; NEVADA; SIERRA NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035239063     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0019:ADTADB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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