The northwestern margin of the Basin and Range province. Part 2: Structural setting of a developing basin from seismic and potential field data.

Tectonophysics

Volumn 488, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 150-161

  Egger, Anne E ^a   Glen, Jonathan M G ^b   Ponce, David A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extensional geothermal system; Gravity; Magnetics; Normal fault; Northwestern Basin and Range; Surprise Valley

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; BASALT FLOW; BASIN AND RANGE; CALIFORNIA; FAULT SCARP; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; LATE MIOCENE; MAGNETIC PROFILES; NORMAL FAULTS; POTENTIAL FIELD; POTENTIAL FIELD MODELING; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SHALLOW SUBSURFACE; STRUCTURAL SETTING; SURFACE EXPRESSION;

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

LANDFORMS;

ACTIVE FAULT; BASIN EVOLUTION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GRAVITY; NORMAL FAULT; POTENTIAL FIELD; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSTENSION;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE;

EID: 77953808274     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.05.029     Document Type: Article

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