Spatiotemporal patterns of fault slip rates across the Central Sierra Nevada frontal fault zone

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 301, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 457-468

  Rood, Dylan H ^a,b   Burbank, Douglas W ^a   Finkel, Robert C ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CEREGE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Be 10; Fault slip rates; Sierra Nevada; Surface exposure dating; Walker Lane

Indexed keywords

BE-10; FAULT-SLIP RATES; SIERRA NEVADA; SURFACE EXPOSURE DATING; WALKER LANE;

LAKES; LANDFORMS; SOIL CONSERVATION;

DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES);

DATING METHOD; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT SLIP; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; NORMAL FAULT; OBLIQUE FAULT; SHEAR ZONE; SLIP RATE; TIMESCALE;

BRIDGEPORT; CALIFORNIA; CANADA; CARSON RIVER; CONNECTICUT; DEVON ISLAND; FISH LAKE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MONO BASIN; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; SONORA; UNITED STATES; WALKER LANE;

JUNONIA COENIA;

EID: 78650585019     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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