Magnetic and clast fabrics as measurements of grain-scale processes within the Death Valley shallow crustal detachment faults

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Hayman, Nicholas W ^a   Housen, B A ^b   Cladouhos, T T ^c,d   Livi, K ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WebPE Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; DETACHMENT FAULT; FAULT GOUGE; FAULTING; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE;

CALIFORNIA; DEATH VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644248553     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002902     Document Type: Article

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