Evidence for an active shear zone in southern Nevada linking the Wasatch fault to the Eastern California shear zone

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 475-478

  Kreemer, Corné ^a   Blewitt, Geoffrey ^a   Hammond, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE DEFORMATION; ARIZONA; EARTHQUAKE FOCAL MECHANISMS; EASTERN CALIFORNIA; FAULT ZONE; GREAT BASIN; KEY FEATURE; LOCALIZED EXTENSIONS; NORTHERN BASINS; PACIFIC-NORTH AMERICA; PLATE MOTIONS; SHEAR ZONE; SINISTRAL SHEAR; STRAIN RATE TENSORS; WESTERN UNITED STATES; WIDE ZONE;

DEFORMATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; KINEMATICS;

STRAIN RATE;

DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; FOCAL MECHANISM; GPS; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEAR ZONE;

ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; GREAT BASIN; NEVADA; UNITED STATES; WASATCH FAULT ZONE;

EID: 77953036838     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30477.1     Document Type: Article

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