Development of the Eastern California Shear Zone - Walker Lane belt: The effects of microplate motion and pre-existing weakness in the Basin and Range

Tectonophysics

Volumn 485, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 78-84

  Plattner, C ^a   Malservisi, R ^a   Furlong, K P ^b   Govers, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Baja California; Mojave block; Numerical modeling; Sierra Nevada; Western North America

Indexed keywords

BASIN AND RANGE; CALIFORNIA; DEFORMATION RATES; DEFORMATIONAL RESPONSE; EASTERN CALIFORNIA; GARLOCK; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; LITHOSPHERIC; MICROPLATES; MIOCENE; NORMAL FAULTS; NUMERICAL MODELING; SHEAR ZONE; SIERRA NEVADA; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING; WALKER LANE;

SHEAR STRAIN;

DEFORMATION; MICROPLATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; CALIFORNIA; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NEVADA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950534554     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.11.021     Document Type: Article

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