Interpretation of the Last Chance thrust, Death Valley region, California, as an Early Permian décollement in a previously undeformed shale basin

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 73, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 79-101

  Stevens, Calvin H ^a   Stone, Paul ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; D collement; Death Valley; Keeler basin; Permian; Tectonics; Thrust fault

Indexed keywords

DECOLLEMENT; PERMIAN; THRUST FAULT;

CALIFORNIA; DEATH VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29144527443     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2005.04.005     Document Type: Article

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