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A 25,000-year record of earthquakes on the Owens Valley fault near Lone Pine, California: Implications for recurrence intervals, slip rates, and segmentation models

Steven N. Bacon, Silvio K. Pezzopane
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Published: 01 July 2007
GSA Bulletin (2007) 119 (7-8): 823–847.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/B25879.1
...Steven N. Bacon; Silvio K. Pezzopane Abstract Seven trenches in eastern California across the Owens Valley fault near Lone Pine expose two episodes of faulting since early Holocene time in the form of ∼1 m throw in lacustrine beds with liquefaction that were buried and then faulted again ∼1 m...
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Late Quaternary fault scarp at Lone Pine, California; Location of oblique slip during the great 1872 earthquake and earlier earthquakes

Author(s)
Lester K. C. Lubetkin, Malcolm M. Clark
Book: Cordilleran Section of the Geological Society of America
Series: DNAG, Centennial Field Guides
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 01 January 1987
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-5401-1.151
EISBN: 9780813754079
... Abstract To reach this site, drive west on Whitney Portal Road about 0.7 mi (1.2 km) from U.S. Highway 395 in the center of Lone Pine (Fig. 1). About 0.15 mi (0.2 km) west of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, park in the pavedarea northof the road. Walk north and then northeast about 0.3 mi (0.5 km...
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Abstract To reach this site, drive west on Whitney Portal Road about 0.7 mi (1.2 km) from U.S. Highway 395 in the center of Lone Pine (Fig. 1). About 0.15 mi (0.2 km) west of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, park in the pavedarea northof the road. Walk north and then northeast about 0.3 mi (0.5 km) along the dirt roads that lead to the area just east of the main scarp.

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Late Quaternary activity along the Lone Pine fault, eastern California

LESTER K.C. LUBETKIN, MALCOLM M. CLARK
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Published: 01 May 1988
GSA Bulletin (1988) 100 (5): 755–766.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1988)100<0755:LQAATL>2.3.CO;2
...LESTER K.C. LUBETKIN; MALCOLM M. CLARK Abstract The Lone Pine fault is a north-trending secondary break of the Owens Valley fault zone, 1.4 km west of Lone Pine, California. This fault forms an east-facing scarp as much as 6.5 m high across an abandoned outwash fan of the Tioga (latest Pleistocene...
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The Normal‐Faulting 2020 M w 5.8 Lone Pine, Eastern California, Earthquake Sequence

Egill Hauksson, Brian Olson, Alex Grant, Jennifer R. Andrews, Angela I. Chung, Susan E. Hough, Hiroo Kanamori, Sara K. McBride, Andrew J. Michael, Morgan Page, Zachary E. Ross, Deborah E. Smith, Sotiris Valkaniotis
Published: 16 December 2020
Seismological Research Letters (2021) 92 (2A): 679–698.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1785/0220200324
... California). Details of the rupture process are difficult to determine, because of the relatively small size of the 2020 Lone Pine earthquake. Thus, instead of the slip distribution, we determined the moment rate function (MRF) viewed from various azimuths with the iterative deconvolution method...
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Deformation in Owens Valley, California

J. C. Savage, M. Lisowski
Published: 01 August 1980
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (1980) 70 (4): 1225–1232.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1785/BSSA0700041225
...J. C. Savage; M. Lisowski abstract Surveys in 1974 and 1979 of a Geodolite network spanning Owens Valley between Bishop and Lone Pine, California, indicate that right-lateral tensor shear strain is accumulating across the 1872 earthquake rupture at a rate of about 0.08 ± 0.03 μ strain...
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Nature of Thrust Faulting in Southern Inyo Mountains, Southeastern California: ABSTRACT

John S. Kelley, Calvin H. Stevens
Journal: AAPG Bulletin
Published: 01 April 1973
AAPG Bulletin (1973) 57 (4): 788.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1306/819A43E8-16C5-11D7-8645000102C1865D
...John S. Kelley; Calvin H. Stevens ABSTRACT East of Lone Pine, California, on the west flank of the Inyo Mountains, a series of imbricate thrust faults appears in a narrow belt that trends roughly N30°W for a distance of approximately 17 m. The faults cut rocks ranging in age from Late Cambrian...
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Lower Paleozoic Autochthonous Sequence in Southeastern California

ROBERT H WRIGHT
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Published: 01 February 1971
GSA Bulletin (1971) 82 (2): 485–488.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1971)82[485:LPASIS]2.0.CO;2
...ROBERT H WRIGHT Abstract The Bonanza King Dolomite (Middle and Late Cambrian), Lead Gulch Formation (Late Cambrian), and Tamarack Canyon Dolomite (Late Cambrian) are exposed in the Front Ridge area on the west side of the Inyo Mountains east of Lone Pine, California, and represent the southwestern...
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(a) GPS‐derived MMI values based on the Worden et al. (2012) ground motion to intensity conversion equation overlaid on the USGS‐published ShakeMap for the Mw 5.8 Lone Pine, California, earthquake. The focal mechanism plot is the NEIC W‐phase solution plotted at the epicenter. (b) The 5 Hz velocity traces for the four stations that show a significant signal. The component shown (north or east) is the one that has the highest peak value. The waveforms are arranged by distance to the epicenter (shown to the right of the waveform). The 100 Hz strong‐motion velocity records are shown as well. The color version of this figure is available only in the electronic edition.

(a) GPS‐derived MMI values based on the Worden et al. (2012) ground mot...

Published: 20 January 2021
Figure 4. (a) GPS‐derived MMI values based on the Worden et al. (2012) ground motion to intensity conversion equation overlaid on the USGS‐published ShakeMap for the M w  5.8 Lone Pine, California, earthquake. The focal mechanism plot is the NEIC W ‐phase solution plotted
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Photographs of precarious rocks used in this study. All are located on the footwall side of the corresponding fault at distances less than 3 km. (a) Precariously balanced rock within 100 m of the trace of the 1915 Pleasant Valley earthquake fault, near Pierce Ranch; (b) Precarious rocks (two pictures) at the south end of Carson City, Nevada; (c) Precarious rocks (two pictures) at the north end of Jack's valley, just south of Carson City, Nevada; (d) Precarious rock pillar within 1 km of the trace of the Genoa fault, which ruptured about 600 years B.P. (e) Precarious rocks (two pictures) within 1 km of the Antelope Valley fault, just west of the town of Topaz, California; (f) Same fault, precarious rocks (two pictures) just west of Meadowcliff near Walker, California; (g) Precarious rock near the Owen's Valley fault, west of Lone Pine, California.

Photographs of precarious rocks used in this study. All are located on the ...

Published: 01 August 2000
pictures) within 1 km of the Antelope Valley fault, just west of the town of Topaz, California; (f) Same fault, precarious rocks (two pictures) just west of Meadowcliff near Walker, California; (g) Precarious rock near the Owen's Valley fault, west of Lone Pine, California.
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Photographs of precarious rocks used in this study. All are located on the footwall side of the corresponding fault at distances less than 3 km. (a) Precariously balanced rock within 100 m of the trace of the 1915 Pleasant Valley earthquake fault, near Pierce Ranch; (b) Precarious rocks (two pictures) at the south end of Carson City, Nevada; (c) Precarious rocks (two pictures) at the north end of Jack's valley, just south of Carson City, Nevada; (d) Precarious rock pillar within 1 km of the trace of the Genoa fault, which ruptured about 600 years B.P. (e) Precarious rocks (two pictures) within 1 km of the Antelope Valley fault, just west of the town of Topaz, California; (f) Same fault, precarious rocks (two pictures) just west of Meadowcliff near Walker, California; (g) Precarious rock near the Owen's Valley fault, west of Lone Pine, California.

Photographs of precarious rocks used in this study. All are located on the ...

Published: 01 August 2000
pictures) within 1 km of the Antelope Valley fault, just west of the town of Topaz, California; (f) Same fault, precarious rocks (two pictures) just west of Meadowcliff near Walker, California; (g) Precarious rock near the Owen's Valley fault, west of Lone Pine, California.
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A: Digital elevation model (DEM) of western United States study area showing selected modern precipitation δ18O values (circles; Lechler and Niemi, 2011b, and references therein) and locations of trajectory study sites (stars). Note δ18O values are at minimum at Sierran crest and higher at leeward sites. Topographic profile shown in C marked by red line. YR—Yuba River; R—Reno, Nevada; BCA—Bishop, California; T—Tonopah, Nevada; LP—Lone Pine, California; BNV—Beatty, Nevada; EP—El Paso Basin; W—Winnemucca, Nevada; CC—Cedar City, Utah; SMOW—standard mean ocean water. B: Topography of study area at resolution of North American Regional Reanalysis (NARR) data set (∼32 × 32 km). C: Topographic swath profile of Sierran crest (gray swath shows minimum/maximum elevations and thick black line shows mean elevations) with proposed early–mid-Cenozoic topography associated with end-member models for Sierra Nevada topographic evolution: (1) minimal Cenozoic elevation change as suggested by northern Sierra stable isotope paleoaltimetry studies shown by blue line/swath (Mulch et al., 2006; Cassel et al., 2009; Hren et al., 2010); (2) late Cenozoic uplift model shown by green line/swath (Unruh, 1991; Wakabayashi and Sawyer, 2001; Jones et al., 2004; Clark et al., 2005; Lechler and Niemi, 2011a).

A: Digital elevation model (DEM) of western United States study area showin...

Published: 01 February 2013
and higher at leeward sites. Topographic profile shown in C marked by red line. YR—Yuba River; R—Reno, Nevada; BCA—Bishop, California; T—Tonopah, Nevada; LP—Lone Pine, California; BNV—Beatty, Nevada; EP—El Paso Basin; W—Winnemucca, Nevada; CC—Cedar City, Utah; SMOW—standard mean ocean water. B: Topography
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Late Quaternary slip rates along the Sierra Nevada frontal fault zone, California: Slip partitioning across the western margin of the Eastern California Shear Zone–Basin and Range Province

Kimberly Le, Jeffrey Lee, Lewis A. Owen, Robert Finkel
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Published: 01 January 2007
GSA Bulletin (2007) 119 (1-2): 240–256.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/B25960.1
.... , Pezzopane , S.K. , and Burke , R.M. , 2002 , Paleoseismology on the Owens Valley fault and Holocene stratigraphy of pluvial Owens Lake near Lone Pine, eastern California : Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs , v. 34 , no. 6 p. 27 . Bateman , P.C. , and Eaton , J.P...
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Where does sediment come from? Quantifying catchment erosion with detrital apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronometry

Greg M. Stock, Todd A. Ehlers, Kenneth A. Farley
Journal: Geology
Published: 01 September 2006
Geology (2006) 34 (9): 725–728.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/G22592.1
...-2117.1996.00177.x. Stone , P. , Dunne , G.C. , Moore , J.G. , and Smith , G.I. , 2000 , Geologic map of the Lone Pine 15′ Quadrangle, Inyo County , California : U.S. Geological Survey Map I-2617. Vermeesch , P. , 2004 , How many grains are needed for a provenance study...
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Location and tectonic setting of the Inyo Mountains showing major tectonic elements and Paleozoic facies belts. Most features are shown in their present location; the California-Coahuila transform (CCT) is shown in its reconstructed Pennsylvanian-Permian position with two parallel strands. Inset: map of the Inyo Mountains showing the Lone Pine Basin and Darwin Basin field areas with locations of measured sections and detrital zircon samples, the approximate extent of strands of the Last Chance thrust system (LCT) east and west of the field area, and the approximate location of the Conglomerate Mesa Uplift (CMU) that separated the Lone Pine and Darwin Basins. SAF = San Andreas Fault; CA = California; AZ = Arizona; BC = Baja California, Mexico; SO = Sonora, Mexico; LA = Los Angeles. Adapted from Dickinson [8], Dickinson and Lawton [36], Stevens and Stone [42], Arvizu et al. [10], Chapman et al. [82], and Cecil et al. [12].

Location and tectonic setting of the Inyo Mountains showing major tectonic ...

Published: 16 December 2020
of the Conglomerate Mesa Uplift (CMU) that separated the Lone Pine and Darwin Basins. SAF = San Andreas Fault; CA = California; AZ = Arizona; BC = Baja California, Mexico; SO = Sonora, Mexico; LA = Los Angeles. Adapted from Dickinson [ 8 ], Dickinson and Lawton [ 36 ], Stevens and Stone [ 42 ], Arvizu et al. [ 10
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Fault-Scarp Dating Utilizing Soil Strength Behavior Techniques

ROBERT J. WAITERS, CHRISTOPHER PROKOP
Published: 01 August 1990
Environmental & Engineering Geoscience (1990) xxvii (3): 291–301.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2113/gseegeosci.xxvii.3.291
... not, probably due to the smaller sampling base. Such results help explain the often abrupt changes in the free face/total scarp height ratios observed along fault scarps at the boundaries between differing soil types. Studies along the Lone Pine scarp (1872 – most recent offset) of central Owens Valley...
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Owens Lake, an ionic soap opera staged on a natric playa

Author(s)
P. Saint-Amand, C. Gaines, D. Saint-Amand
Book: Cordilleran Section of the Geological Society of America
Series: DNAG, Centennial Field Guides
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 01 January 1987
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-5401-1.145
EISBN: 9780813754079
... Abstract Owens Lake, 17 mi (27 km) south of Lone Pine in Inyo County, California, is reached via U.S. 395, (Fig. 1). This 110-mi 2 (285-km 2 ) lake bed, once part of a chain of Pleistocene lakes, was full of saline water until the 1920s. Now dry, it shows the processes at work in a wet, natric...
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Abstract Owens Lake, 17 mi (27 km) south of Lone Pine in Inyo County, California, is reached via U.S. 395, (Fig. 1). This 110-mi 2 (285-km 2 ) lake bed, once part of a chain of Pleistocene lakes, was full of saline water until the 1920s. Now dry, it shows the processes at work in a wet, natric playa and tells of climatic change and of the effect of man on the desert.

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Subsurface structural features of the Saline Range and adjacent regions of eastern California as interpreted from isostatic residual gravity anomalies

Richard J. Blakely, Edwin H. McKee
Journal: Geology
Published: 01 November 1985
Geology (1985) 13 (11): 781–785.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1985)13<781:SSFOTS>2.0.CO;2
... is anomalous to exposed geologic structures and may reflect a structural boundary buried at relatively shallow depth. (3) A large gravity low, unexpected on the basis of exposed geologic features, is in the eastern Sierra Nevada southwest of the town of Lone Pine. Geological Society of America 1985 ...
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Near‐Field Strong Ground Motions from GPS‐Derived Velocities for 2020 Intermountain Western United States Earthquakes

Brendan W. Crowell
Published: 20 January 2021
Seismological Research Letters (2021) 92 (2A): 840–848.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1785/0220200325
...Figure 4. (a) GPS‐derived MMI values based on the Worden et al. (2012) ground motion to intensity conversion equation overlaid on the USGS‐published ShakeMap for the M w  5.8 Lone Pine, California, earthquake. The focal mechanism plot is the NEIC W ‐phase solution plotted...
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Refining paleoaltimetry reconstructions of the Sierra Nevada, California, using air parcel trajectories

Alex R. Lechler, Joseph Galewsky
Journal: Geology
Published: 01 February 2013
Geology (2013) 41 (2): 259–262.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/G33553.1
... and higher at leeward sites. Topographic profile shown in C marked by red line. YR—Yuba River; R—Reno, Nevada; BCA—Bishop, California; T—Tonopah, Nevada; LP—Lone Pine, California; BNV—Beatty, Nevada; EP—El Paso Basin; W—Winnemucca, Nevada; CC—Cedar City, Utah; SMOW—standard mean ocean water. B: Topography...
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Seismological notes

Published: 01 October 1941
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (1941) 31 (4): 349–351.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1785/BSSA0310040349
... was felt in the south-central part of Chile on August 10. Atlantic Ocean, August 15, 1941The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey reports an earthquake on August 15, 1941, at 6~ 09.m5, G.M.T., with epicenter at 19° N, 27° W, off the coast of French West Africa. USCGSW Lone Pine, California, August 16...
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