Deformation associated with a continental normal fault system, western Grand Canyon, Arizona

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 414-430

  Resor, Phillip G ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin and Range; Continental extension; Deformation; Grand Canyon; Modeling; Monocline; Normal fault geometry; Reverse drag

Indexed keywords

NORMAL FAULT GEOMETRY; STRUCTURAL MAPPING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MAPPING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT ZONE; FOLDING; FOOTWALL; GPS; MONOCLINE; REVERSE FAULT; TERRAIN;

ARIZONA; BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; GRAND CANYON; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANURA;

EID: 44449157144     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26107.1     Document Type: Article

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