Basement-involved thrust faulting in a thin-skinned fold-and-thrust belt, Death Valley, California, USA

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-34

  Miller, Martin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Basement tectonics; Extension tectonics; Laramide Orogeny; Thrust faults

Indexed keywords

THRUST FAULTING;

DEFORMATION; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

GEOLOGY;

BASEMENT ROCK; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; LARAMIDE OROGENY; THIN SKINNED TECTONICS; THRUST FAULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037284174     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0031:BITFIA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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