Secondary normal faulting in the Lake Mead fault system and implications for regional fault mechanics

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 463, Issue , 2010, Pages 289-310

  Marshall, Scott T ^a   Kattenhorn, Simon A ^b   Cooke, Michele L ^c  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKES; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

DENSE CLUSTERS; FAULT MECHANICS; FIELD MAPPING; MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY; NORMAL FAULTING; NORMAL FAULTS; REGIONAL DEFORMATIONS; SECONDARY STRUCTURES;

FAULT SLIPS;

DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; DIP; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; KINEMATICS; NORMAL FAULT; NUMERICAL METHOD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

LAKE MEAD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650934564     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2010.2463(13)     Document Type: Article

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