Quaternary reactivation of the Kern Canyon fault system, southern Sierra Nevada, California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 1671-1685

  Nadin, Elisabeth S ^a,b   Saleeby, Jason B ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE STRUCTURES; AFTER INITIATION; BRITTLE REGIME; FAULT ACTIVITY; FAULT SYSTEM; FOCAL MECHANISM; GEOMORPHIC EXPRESSION; LATE CRETACEOUS; LATE QUATERNARY; LITHOSPHERIC; MANTLE LITHOSPHERE; MICROPLATES; MIOCENE; NORMAL DISPLACEMENT; NORMAL FAULTS; PLIOCENE; SHEAR ZONE; SIERRA NEVADA; SIERRA NEVADA , CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA BATHOLITH; STRIKE-SLIP SHEAR ZONES; TRANSFER ZONES;

DEFORMATION;

LANDFORMS;

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISPLACEMENT; EXHUMATION; FAULT SCARP; FAULT ZONE; NORMAL FAULT; QUATERNARY; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSPRESSION; UPLIFT;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956344964     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30009.1     Document Type: Article

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