Observations from the Basin and Range Province (western United States) pertinent to the interpretation of regional detachment faults

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 282, Issue , 2007, Pages 421-441

  Christie Blick, N ^a   Anders, M H ^b   Wills, S ^b   Walker, C D ^a   Renik, B ^a  

^a Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^b AAAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; DIP; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FRICTION; NORMAL FAULT; PASSIVE MARGIN; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SLIP; STRAIN; THRUST;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

POPULUS;

EID: 34548246033     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP282.17     Document Type: Article

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