On the importance of non-uniform tilt, strike slip, and hydrogeology in shaping the Neogene tectonics of the eastern Lake Mead area

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 499, Issue , 2013, Pages 69-94

  Anderson, R Ernest ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAKES; LANDFORMS;

BASIN AND RANGE; CENTRAL BASIN; COLORADO PLATEAU; LAKE MEADS; MIOCENE; NEOGENE TECTONIC; NON-UNIFORM; RECENT RESEARCHES;

STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

DETACHMENT FAULT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FAULT ZONE; NEOGENE; SLIP RATE; STRAIN RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; COLORADO PLATEAU; LAKE MEAD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887488602     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2013.2499(02)     Document Type: Article

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