Late Pleistocene slip on a low-angle normal fault, Searles Valley, California

Geosphere

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 163-176

  Numelin, Tye ^a   Kirby, Eric ^a   Walker, J Douglas ^b   Didericksen, Brad ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Eastern California shear zone; Lowangle normal fault; Neotectonics; Panamint valley; Searles valley

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; BEDROCK; DISPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; HOLOCENE; NEOTECTONICS; NORMAL FAULT; PLEISTOCENE; RARITY; SHEAR ZONE; SLIP; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VALLEY;

CALIFORNIA; PANAMINT VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57449106938     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00052.1     Document Type: Article

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