Quantifying dextral shear on the Bristol-Granite mountains fault zone: Successful geologic prediction from kinematic compatibility of the Eastern California Shear Zone

Journal of Geology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-53

  Lease, Richard Oliver ^a,b   McQuarrie, Nadine ^a   Oskin, Michael ^a,c   Leier, Andrew ^a,d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; GRAVEL; KINEMATICS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MODEL VALIDATION; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WALKER LANE;

EID: 61849156221     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/593320     Document Type: Article

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