Fine-scale partitioning of contemporary strain in the southern Walker Lane: Implications for accommodating divergent strike-slip motion

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1201-1215

  Lewis, Jonathan C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Micropolar; Seismogenic strain partitioning; Transtension; Walker Lane

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE FOCAL MECHANISM; INVERSE MODELING; STRAIN PARTITIONING; STRIKE-SLIP MOTION;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; INVERSE KINEMATICS; SEISMOLOGY; STRAIN; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; MICROPLATE; PLATE MOTION; STRAIN PARTITIONING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRANSTENSION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WALKER LANE;

EID: 34250166143     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2007.02.015     Document Type: Article

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