Late Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the north-central Mojave Desert inferred from fault history and physiographic evolution of the Fort Irwin area, California

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 195, Issue , 2002, Pages 173-197

  Miller, David M ^a   Yount, James C ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; LANDFORMS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY;

FAULT ORIENTATIONS; INTERNAL DEFORMATION; NORTH AMERICAN PLATES; PLIOCENE DEPOSITS; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT SYSTEMS; VERTICAL-AXIS ROTATION;

FAULT SLIPS;

CENOZOIC; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PACIFIC PLATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING;

CALIFORNIA; FORT IRWIN; MOJAVE DESERT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049320823     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-1195-9.173     Document Type: Article

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