Rolling hinge of fixed basin?: A test of continental extensional models in Death Valley, California, United States

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 847-850

  Miller, Martin G ^a   Prave, A R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basins; Death Valley; Extension; Normal faults; Rolling hinge

Indexed keywords

DETACHMENT FAULTS;

BRITTLENESS; DEFORMATION; DUCTILITY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

TECTONICS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; NORMAL FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036765041     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0847:RHOFBA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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