Late Pleistocene regional extension rate derived from earthquake geology of late Quaternary faults across the Great Basin, Nevada, between 38.5°N and 40°N latitude

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 631-650

  Koehler, Rich D ^a   Wesnousky, Steve G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES;

CENTRAL NEVADA SEISMIC BELTS; DIFFERENT TIME SCALE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; INTERNAL DEFORMATION; NORTH AMERICAN PLATES; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; TECTONIC DEFORMATIONS; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

FAULTING;

BASIN EVOLUTION; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TRANSITION ZONE; TRENCH;

GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES; WALKER LANE;

EID: 79951499170     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30111.1     Document Type: Article

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