Active transtensional boundary zone between the western Great Basin and Sierra Nevada block, western U.S. Cordillera

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1033-1036

  Oldow, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Sierra Nevada block; Transtension; Western Great Basin

Indexed keywords

VELOCITY FIELDS; ACTIVE TECTONICS; COUNTER CLOCKWISE ROTATION; EARTHQUAKE FOCAL MECHANISMS; EASTERN CALIFORNIA; EXTENSIONAL STRAIN; GREAT BASIN; SIERRA NEVADA; TRANSTENSION;

CATCHMENTS; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; STRAIN; FAULT SLIPS;

GEOLOGY; VELOCITY;

CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; GPS; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONICS; BOUNDARY; CORDILLERA; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; TECTONIC ROTATION; TRANSTENSION; VELOCITY;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; CALIFORNIA; GREAT BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; WALKER LANE;

EID: 1642521981     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G19838.1     Document Type: Article

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