The Pinto shear zone; a Laramide synconvergent extensional shear zone in the Mojave Desert region of the southwestern United States

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1697-1720

  Wells, Michael L ^a   Beyene, Mengesha A ^a   Spell, Terry L ^a   Kula, Joseph L ^a   Miller, David M ^b   Zanetti, Kathleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delamination; Laramide tectonics; Mojave Desert; Synconvergent extension

Indexed keywords

LARAMIDE TECTONICS; SHEAR ZONE; SYNCONVERGENT EXTENSION;

DELAMINATION; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

LARAMIDE OROGENY; SHEAR ZONE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24344446411     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2005.03.005     Document Type: Article

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