Large-scale gravity sliding in the Miocene Shadow Valley supradetachment basin, Eastern Mojave Desert, California

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 73, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 149-176

  Davis, G A ^a   Friedmann, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravity tectonics; Kingston Wash; Mojave Desert; Shadow Valley; Slide blocks

Indexed keywords

BASIN; DETACHMENT FAULT; GRAVITY FLOW; MIOCENE; SLIDING;

MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29144519756     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2005.04.008     Document Type: Article

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