Map of the late Quaternary active Kern Canyon and Breckenridge faults, southern Sierra Nevada, California

Geosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 581-591

  Brossy, C C ^a   Kelson, K I ^a   Amos, C B ^b   Baldwin, J N ^a   Kozlowicz, B ^c   Simpson, D ^c   Ticci, M G ^a   Lutz, A T ^a   Kozaci, O ^a   Streig, A ^d   Turner, R ^a   Rose, R ^e  

^a Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^e US Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AERIAL SURVEY; CRUSTAL THINNING; DATA INTERPRETATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISPLACEMENT; FIELD SURVEY; LIDAR; MAPPING; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; QUATERNARY; TECTONIC SETTING;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862705556     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00663.1     Document Type: Article

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