Holocene earthquakes on the Wassuk Range fault zone: Paleoseismic observations from the rose creek fan and regional geodetic observations, Hawthorne, Nevada, USA

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 34 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 693-698

  Bormann, Jayne ^a   Wesnousky, Steve ^a   Hammond, Bill ^a   Sarmiento, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active faulting; Geodesy; GPS; Nevada; Paleoseismology; Transtension; Walker lane; Wassuk Range

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULTING; GPS; NEVADA; PALEOSEISMOLOGY; TRANSTENSION; WALKER LANE; WASSUK RANGE;

EARTHQUAKES; GEODESY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; STRATIGRAPHY; SURVEYING;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

EID: 79955432694     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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