Deformation analysis of tuffaceous sediments in the Volcanic Tableland near Bishop, California

Lithosphere

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 291-304

  McGinnis, Ronald N ^a   Morris, Alan P ^a   Ferrill, David A ^a   Dinwiddie, Cynthia L ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; TEXTURES; VOLCANOES;

ANISOTROPIC PERMEABILITY; DEFORMATION ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FREQUENCY; GRAIN-SIZE REDUCTION; HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORIES; OVERBURDEN STRESS; SMALL DISPLACEMENT; YUCCA MOUNTAIN , NEVADA;

FAULTING;

CEMENTATION; COMMINUTION; DEFORMATION; DILATION; DISPLACEMENT; EXHUMATION; FAULT ZONE; GRAIN SIZE; OVERBURDEN; PERMEABILITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RECONSTRUCTION; REPOSITORY; TUFF;

CALIFORNIA; OWENS VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864846468     PISSN: 19418264     EISSN: 19474253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/L43.1     Document Type: Article

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