Gravitational reactivation of an extensional fault system, Badwater Turtleback, Death Valley, California

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 333, Issue , 1999, Pages 367-376

  Miller, Martin G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEPOSITS; KINEMATICS; LANDFORMS; LANDSLIDES; ROCKS;

EXTENSIONAL FAULTS; FREE SURFACES; GABBROIC ROCKS; KINEMATIC DATA; LANDSLIDE DEPOSITS; PARALLEL MOTION; SPATIAL RELATIONS; TECTONIC MOTION;

FAULTING;

BRECCIA; FAULT ZONE; LANDSLIDE; REACTIVATION;

CALIFORNIA; DEATH VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870939670     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2333-7.367     Document Type: Article

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