Spatial variations in slip rate along the Death Valley-Fish Lake Valley fault system determined from LiDAR topographic data and cosmogenic 10Be geochronology

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 18, 2007, Pages

  Frankel, K L ^a,b   Dolan, James F ^a   Finkel, Robert C ^c   Owen, Lewis A ^d   Hoeft, Jeffrey S ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^e William Lettis and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY;

FAULT SYSTEM; FAULT ZONE; SHEAR ZONE; SLIP RATE;

TECTONICS;

ALLUVIAL FAN; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LIDAR; PLEISTOCENE; SLIP RATE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CALIFORNIA; CANADA; CANEA; CRETE; DEATH VALLEY; DEVON ISLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; FISH LAKE; GREECE; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED STATES; WHITE MOUNTAINS;

EID: 36549016166     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030549     Document Type: Article

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