[PDF][PDF] Tectonic influences on the spatial and temporal evolution of the Walker Lane: An incipient transform fault along the evolving Pacific–North American plate …
ABSTRACT Since~ 30 Ma, western North America has been evolving from an Andean type
margin to a dextral transform boundary. Transform growth has been marked by retreat of …
margin to a dextral transform boundary. Transform growth has been marked by retreat of …
Long‐term fault slip rates, distributed deformation rates, and forecast of seismicity in the western United States from joint fitting of community geologic, geodetic, and …
P Bird - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The long‐term average velocity field of the western United States is computed with a
kinematic finite element code. Community data sets include fault traces, geologic offset …
kinematic finite element code. Community data sets include fault traces, geologic offset …
[HTML][HTML] The forearc ophiolites of California formed during trench-parallel spreading: kinematic reconstruction of the western USA Cordillera since the Jurassic
C Arkula, N Lom, J Wakabayashi, G Rea-Downing… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ophiolites, fragments of oceanic lithosphere exposed on land, are typically found as isolated
klippen in intensely deformed fold-thrust belts spanning hundreds to thousands of kilometers …
klippen in intensely deformed fold-thrust belts spanning hundreds to thousands of kilometers …
Timing of exhumation, Wheeler Pass thrust sheet, southern Nevada and California: Late Jurassic to middle Cretaceous evolution of the southern Sevier fold-and-thrust …
Abstract Zircon (U-Th)/He (ZHe) thermochronologic data for 46 samples from the Wheeler
Pass thrust sheet, which carries thick passive-margin strata and is discontinuously exposed …
Pass thrust sheet, which carries thick passive-margin strata and is discontinuously exposed …
Neotectonics, geodesy, and seismic hazard in the Northern Walker Lane of Western North America: Thirty kilometers of crustal shear and no strike-slip?
Roughly 30km of cumulative right-lateral crustal displacement and 5–6mm/yr of the ongoing
relative right-lateral motion between the Pacific and North American plates are observed in …
relative right-lateral motion between the Pacific and North American plates are observed in …
Exhumation of the Inyo Mountains, California: Implications for the timing of extension along the western boundary of the Basin and Range Province and distribution of …
New geologic map**, tectonic geomorphologic, 10Be terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide, and
(U‐Th)/He zircon and apatite thermochronometric data provide the first numerical constraints …
(U‐Th)/He zircon and apatite thermochronometric data provide the first numerical constraints …
Spatiotemporal evolution of fault slip rates in deforming continents: The case of the Great Basin region, northern Basin and Range province
Compilation and synthesis of neotectonic data from the Great Basin region (western US),
based on 173 published studies for 171 faults across the region, offer an unprecedented …
based on 173 published studies for 171 faults across the region, offer an unprecedented …
Birth of a plate boundary at ca. 12 Ma in the Ancestral Cascades arc, Walker Lane belt of California and Nevada
CJ Busby - Geosphere, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Walker Lane belt of eastern California and western Nevada is the northernmost
extension of the Gulf of California transtensional rift, where the process of continental rupture …
extension of the Gulf of California transtensional rift, where the process of continental rupture …
Accommodation of plate motion in an incipient strike‐slip system: The central Walker Lane
Geodesy shows that∼ 7 mm/yr of dextral shear is accumulating across the Central Walker
Lane in the absence of through‐going strike‐slip faults. To better understand how this shear …
Lane in the absence of through‐going strike‐slip faults. To better understand how this shear …
Active tectonics of the eastern California shear zone
KL Frankel, AF Glazner, E Kirby, FC Monastero… - 2008 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The eastern California shear zone is an important component of the Pacific–North America
plate boundary. This region of active, predominantly strike-slip, deformation east of the San …
plate boundary. This region of active, predominantly strike-slip, deformation east of the San …