Active faulting in the Walker Lane

Tectonics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-35

  Wesnousky, Steven G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; BLOCK ROTATION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FAULT SLIP; SAN ANDREAS FAULT;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22944440877     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004TC001645     Document Type: Review

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