Paleomagnetic quantification of upper-plate deformation during Miocene detachment faulting in the Mohave Mountains, Arizona

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2005, Pages

  Pease, V ^a   Hillhouse, J W ^b   Wells, R E ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detachment faults; Extension; Mohave mountains; Paleomagnetism; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449140171     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC000972     Document Type: Article

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