Late Quaternary slip rates along the Sierra Nevada frontal fault zone, California: Slip partitioning across the western margin of the Eastern California Shear Zone-Basin and Range province

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 240-256

  Le, Kimberly ^a,d   Lee, Jeffrey ^a   Owen, Lewis A ^b   Finkel, Robert ^c  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin and Range Province; Eastern California Shear Zone; Geochronology; Neotectonics; Normal fault; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; NEOTECTONICS; NORMAL FAULT; QUATERNARY SLIP;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RADIOISOTOPES; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FAULT ZONE; NEOTECTONICS; NORMAL FAULT; QUATERNARY; SHEAR ZONE; SLIP RATE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846477792     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25960.1     Document Type: Article

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