Geometry and timing of strike-slip and normal faults in the northern Walker Lane, northwestern Nevada and northeastern California: Strain partitioning or sequential extensional and strike-slip deformation?

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 434, Issue , 2007, Pages 59-79

  Henry, Christopher D ^a   Faulds, James E ^a   DePolo, Craig M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern California shear zone; Extension; Strain partitioning; Strike slip faults; Walker Lane

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; TIMING CIRCUITS;

EXTENSION; NORTH AMERICAN PLATES; NORTHERN WALKER LANES; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN PARTITIONING; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING; STRIKE-SLIP DEFORMATION; WALKER LANE;

FAULT SLIPS;

BASEMENT ROCK; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GEOMETRY; PLATE MOTION; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRANSPRESSION;

CALIFORNIA; NEVADA; UNITED STATES; WALKER LANE;

EID: 75749140094     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2434(04)     Document Type: Article

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