Implications of geophysical analysis on basin geometry and fault offsets in the northern Colorado River extensional corridor and adjoining Lake Mead region, nevada and Arizona

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 463, Issue , 2010, Pages 39-59

  Langenheim, Victoria E ^a   Beard, L Sue ^b   Faulds, James E ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; LAKES; LIME; MAGNETISM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

BASEMENT ROCKS; GEOLOGIC MAPPING; GEOPHYSICAL ANALYSIS; GRAVITY AND MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; LATERAL DISPLACEMENTS; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; SLIP DISPLACEMENTS; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING;

FAULT SLIPS;

DISPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT ZONE; GRAVITY ANOMALY; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; NORMAL FAULT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ARIZONA; COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE MEAD; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650954524     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2010.2463(03)     Document Type: Article

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