Timing, magnitude, and style of Miocene deformation, west-central Walker Lane belt, Nevada

Lithosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 187-208

  Anderson, R Ernest ^a   Berger, Byron R ^b   Miggins, Dan ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; DEFORMATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRATIGRAPHY; TIMING CIRCUITS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

EASTERN CALIFORNIA; EXTENSIONAL DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL STRAIN; GRAVITY GRADIENTS; PLATE BOUNDARIES; STRAIN ACCOMMODATIONS; TILTED FAULT BLOCKS; TRANSTENSIONAL DEFORMATION;

FAULTING;

DEFLECTION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; KINEMATICS; MIOCENE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SHEAR ZONE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; UPLAND REGION; VOLCANIC ROCK;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870773052     PISSN: 19418264     EISSN: 19474253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/L174.1     Document Type: Article

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