Fault block kinematics at a releasing stepover of the Eastern California shear zone: Partitioning of rotation style in and around the Coso geothermal area and nascent metamorphic core complex

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 250, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 134-163

  Pluhar, Christopher J ^a   Coe, Robert S ^a   Lewis, Jonathan C ^b   Monastero, Francis C ^c   Glen, Jonathan M G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^d BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

China Lake; Coso volcanic field; Eastern California shear zone; Kinematics; Metamorphic core complex; Paleomagnetism; Pliocene; Vertical axis rotation; Walker Lane Belt; Wild Horse Mesa

Indexed keywords

FAULT BLOCK KINEMATICS; LAVA FLOWS; PALEOMAGNETISM; VERTICAL-AXIS ROTATION; VOLCANIC FIELD;

GEOMAGNETISM; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BLOCK ROTATION; FAULT ZONE; LAVA; NORMAL FAULT; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLIOCENE; SHEAR ZONE; VOLCANO;

CALIFORNIA; COSO GEOTHERMAL FIELD; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WALKER LANE;

EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33749060678     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.07.034     Document Type: Article

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