Seismotectonics of the Coso Range-Indian Wells Valley region, California: Transtensional deformation along the southeastern margin of the Sierran microplate

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 195, Issue , 2002, Pages 277-294

  Unruh, Jeffrey R ^a   Hauksson, Egill ^b   Monastero, Francis C ^c   Twiss, Robert J ^d   Lewis, Jonathan C ^d,e  

^a William Lettis and Associates Inc   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; LAKES; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

CRUSTAL EXTENSION; GEODETIC OBSERVATION; KINEMATIC ANALYSIS; MICROSEISMICITY; OWENS VALLEYS; SEISMOTECTONICS; SIERRA NEVADA; TRANSTENSIONAL DEFORMATION;

LANDFORMS;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; KINEMATICS; MICROPLATE; PULL APART BASIN; SEISMOTECTONICS;

CALIFORNIA; COSO GEOTHERMAL FIELD; OWENS VALLEY; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871325957     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-1195-9.277     Document Type: Article

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