Assessing vertical axis rotations in large-magnitude extensional settings: A transect across the Death Valley extended terrane, California

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Petronis, Michael S ^a   Geissman, John W ^a   Holm, Daniel K ^b   Wernicke, Brian ^c   Schauble, Edwin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental extension; Crustal deformation; Death Valley; Paleomagnetism; Plate strain; Vertical axis rotation

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; PALEOMAGNETISM; TERRANE;

CALIFORNIA; DEATH VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036210916     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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