Termination of the northwestern Basin and Range province into a clockwise rotating region of transtension and volcanism, southeast Oregon

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2012, Pages 52-65

  Trench, David ^a   Meigs, Andrew ^a   Grunder, Anita ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Along strike growth of extensional provinces; Brothers fault zone; Normal fault tip propagation; Northwest Basin and Range

Indexed keywords

ALONG-STRIKE GROWTH OF EXTENSIONAL PROVINCES; BASIN AND RANGE; DEFORMATION FIELD; EXTENSIONAL FAULTING; FAULT SYSTEM; FAULT ZONE; KINEMATIC LINKAGE; MAGMATISMS; NEW MODEL; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; TRANSTENSION;

DEFORMATION;

CLOCKS;

DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT ZONE; MAGMATISM; NORMAL FAULT; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRANSTENSION; VOLCANISM;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861007003     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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