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(a) Generalized location map showing the Walker Lane–eastern California shear zone (ECSZ) in relation to the Basin and Range Province, the Sierra Nevada microplate, and the San Andreas fault system, as well as relative motions and rates. (b) Generalized fault map of the northern Walker Lane: PF, Polaris fault; DVFZ, Dog Valley fault zone; MVFZ, Mohawk Valley fault zone; GVF, Grizzly Valley fault; HLF, Honey Lake fault; WSF, Warm Springs Valley fault; PLF, Pyramid Lake fault; OF, Olinghouse fault; and CL, Carson lineament. Barbed arrows show relative motion of strike-slip faults, and black dots shows down-thrown side of normal faults. Parts (a) and (b) are modified from Faulds and Henry (2008).

(a) Generalized location map showing the Walker Lane–eastern California she... Available to Purchase

Published: 01 June 2011
Lane: PF, Polaris fault; DVFZ, Dog Valley fault zone; MVFZ, Mohawk Valley fault zone; GVF, Grizzly Valley fault; HLF, Honey Lake fault; WSF, Warm Springs Valley fault; PLF, Pyramid Lake fault; OF, Olinghouse fault; and CL, Carson lineament. Barbed arrows show relative motion of strike-slip faults
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Map of northern and western‐central Walker Lane region showing relocations of seismicity in the region from 2002 to 2015 (beige filled circles). Green box shows Truckee 2017 sequence; magenta box shows 2008 Mogul sequence (Ruhl et al., 2017); blue box outlines Reno basin; MVFZ, Mohawk Valley fault zone; DVFZ, Dog Valley fault zone; PFZ, Polaris fault zone. (Inset) Map of northern California and western Nevada, including rough outline of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Walker Lane region; Red box shows area of this figure.

Map of northern and western‐central Walker Lane region showing relocations ... Available to Purchase

Published: 14 August 2018
, Mohawk Valley fault zone; DVFZ, Dog Valley fault zone; PFZ, Polaris fault zone. (Inset) Map of northern California and western Nevada, including rough outline of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Walker Lane region; Red box shows area of this figure.
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(A) Map of the northern Walker Lane deformation belt, northwest Basin and Range Province, and northern Sierra Nevada microplate. River and state boundary lines are dark gray, and faults are thin black lines. Pyramid Lake is shaded in light blue, and the Truckee River is dark blue. CL—Carson Lineament; HLF—Honey Lake fault; LRF—Lake Range fault; MVF—Mohawk Valley fault; NMF—Nightingale Mountains fault; OF—Olinghouse fault; PLF—Pyramid Lake fault; WB—Winnemucca Basin; WSF—Warm Springs Valley fault. (B) Regional map of the western United States; red box shows the enlarged map of the northern Walker Lane deformation belt shown in A.

(A) Map of the northern Walker Lane deformation belt, northwest Basin and R... Open Access

Published: 01 June 2015
—Carson Lineament; HLF—Honey Lake fault; LRF—Lake Range fault; MVF—Mohawk Valley fault; NMF—Nightingale Mountains fault; OF—Olinghouse fault; PLF—Pyramid Lake fault; WB—Winnemucca Basin; WSF—Warm Springs Valley fault. (B) Regional map of the western United States; red box shows the enlarged map
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Colored shaded-relief map of portions of the northern and central Walker Lane. Major faults and lineaments are modified from Faulds and Henry (2008). Physiographic study regions: BH—Bodie Hills; BV—Bridgeport Valley; SW—Sweetwater Mountains. Regional faults: APHF—Agai Pai Hills fault; AVF—Antelope Valley fault; BSF—Benton Springs fault; CF—Candelaria fault; CL—Carson lineament; CoF—Coaldale fault; EF—Excelsior fault; GF—Genoa fault; GHF—Gumdrop Hills fault; GVF—Grizzly Valley fault; IHF—Indian Head fault; MVF—Mohawk Valley fault; OF—Olinghouse fault; PLF—Pyramid Lake fault; PSF—Petrified Springs fault; QVF—Queen Valley fault; RCF—Robinson Creek fault; SRF—Singatse Range fault; SVF—Smith Valley fault; Wal—Wabuska lineament; WRF—Wassuk Range frontal fault; WSF—Warm Springs Valley fault. White dashed lines denote orocline of Faulds and Henry (2008).

Colored shaded-relief map of portions of the northern and central Walker La... Open Access

Published: 01 December 2013
; AVF—Antelope Valley fault; BSF—Benton Springs fault; CF—Candelaria fault; CL—Carson lineament; CoF—Coaldale fault; EF—Excelsior fault; GF—Genoa fault; GHF—Gumdrop Hills fault; GVF—Grizzly Valley fault; IHF—Indian Head fault; MVF—Mohawk Valley fault; OF—Olinghouse fault; PLF—Pyramid Lake fault; PSF
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Simplified fault map of the Walker Lane belt and northern part of the eastern California shear zone showing the major Quaternary faults. Solid ball is located on the hanging wall of normal faults; arrow pairs indicate relative motion across strike-slip faults. Fault abbreviations: BSF—Benton Springs fault; CF—Coaldale fault; DSF—Deep Springs fault; DVFCFLVFZ—Death Valley–Furnace Creek–Fish Lake Valley fault zone; GHF—Gumdrop Hills fault; HLF—Honey Lake fault; HMF—Hunter Mountain fault; MVF—Mohawk Valley fault; NSNF—Northern Sierra Nevada fault; OVF—Owens Valley fault; PLF—Pyramid Lake fault; PSF—Petrified Springs fault; PVF—Panamint Valley fault; QVF—Queen Valley fault; SLF—Stateline fault; SNFFZ—Sierra Nevada frontal fault zone; TPF—Towne Pass fault; WMFZ—White Mountains fault zone; WSFZ—Warm Springs fault zone.

Simplified fault map of the Walker Lane belt and northern part of the easte... Available to Purchase

Published: 01 March 2009
—Benton Springs fault; CF—Coaldale fault; DSF—Deep Springs fault; DVFCFLVFZ—Death Valley–Furnace Creek–Fish Lake Valley fault zone; GHF—Gumdrop Hills fault; HLF—Honey Lake fault; HMF—Hunter Mountain fault; MVF—Mohawk Valley fault; NSNF—Northern Sierra Nevada fault; OVF—Owens Valley fault; PLF—Pyramid Lake
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Map of the Walker Lane deformation belt showing the locations of the northern, central, and southern Walker Lane and their respected regions with associated major faults. AF—Antelope fault; BF—Bridgeport fault; BSF—Benton Spring fault; CF—Carson fault; CL—Carson Lineament; CoF—Coaldale fault; DV—Death Valley fault; FLV-FC—Fish Lake Valley–Furnace Creek fault; GD—Gumdrop Hills fault; GF—Genoa fault; HLF—Honey Lake fault; HM—Hunter Mountain fault; IH—Indian Head fault; LRF—Lake Range fault; MF—Mason fault; MVF—Mohawk Valley fault; OF—Olinghouse fault; OV—Owens Valley fault; PLF—Pyramid Lake fault; PSF—Petrified Spring fault; PV—Panamint Valley; RF—Rattlesnake fault; SF—Smith fault; SNFF—Sierra Nevada frontal fault; SNTF—Stateline–North Tahoe fault; SV—Saline Valley fault; WL—Wabuska Lineament; WM—White Mountain fault; WRF—Wassuk range-front fault; WSF—Warm Springs Valley fault; WTDPF—West Tahoe–Dollar Point fault.

Map of the Walker Lane deformation belt showing the locations of the northe... Open Access

Published: 01 June 2015
fault; DV—Death Valley fault; FLV-FC—Fish Lake Valley–Furnace Creek fault; GD—Gumdrop Hills fault; GF—Genoa fault; HLF—Honey Lake fault; HM—Hunter Mountain fault; IH—Indian Head fault; LRF—Lake Range fault; MF—Mason fault; MVF—Mohawk Valley fault; OF—Olinghouse fault; OV—Owens Valley fault; PLF—Pyramid
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Regional hillshade and fault map of study area. Northwest‐trending right‐lateral strike‐slip faults accommodating Walker Lane right‐lateral shear are shown as solid black lines (PLFZ, Pyramid Lake fault Zone; PF, Polaris fault, MVF, Mohawk Valley fault; GVF, Grizzly Valley fault; HLF, Honey Lake fault; WSF, Warm Springs fault; RMF, Rainbow Mountain fault). Normal faults are shown in light gray. All faults modified from the U.S. Geological Survey Quaternary Fault and Fold Database (2006; see Data and Resources). White dashed boxes show geodetic transects from Bormann (2013) used to constrain strain rates for the northern Walker Lane. (Inset) Regional tectonic setting of the study area and its relation to the San Andreas (SA) fault system.The color version of this figure is available only in the electronic edition.

Regional hillshade and fault map of study area. Northwest‐trending right‐la... Available to Purchase

Published: 02 February 2016
Figure 1. Regional hillshade and fault map of study area. Northwest‐trending right‐lateral strike‐slip faults accommodating Walker Lane right‐lateral shear are shown as solid black lines ( PLFZ , Pyramid Lake fault Zone; PF, Polaris fault, MVF, Mohawk Valley fault; GVF, Grizzly Valley fault; HLF
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(A) Simplified tectonic map of the western U.S. Cordillera showing the modern plate boundaries and tectonic provinces. Basin and Range Province is in medium gray; Central Nevada seismic belt (CNSB), eastern California shear zone (ECSZ), Intermountain seismic belt (ISB), and Walker Lane belt (WLB) are in light gray; Mina deflection (MD) is in dark gray. (B) Shaded relief map of the WLB and northern part of the ECSZ showing the major Quaternary faults. Solid ball is located on the hanging wall of normal faults; arrow pairs indicate relative motion across strike-slip faults; white dashed box outlines location of Figure 2; light gray shaded areas show the Mina deflection and the Carson domain. BSF—Benton Springs fault; CF—Coaldale fault; DSF—Deep Springs fault; DVFCFLVFZ—Death Valley–Furnace Creek–Fish Lake Valley fault zone; GHF—Gumdrop Hills fault; HLF—Honey Lake fault; HMF—Hunter Mountain fault; MVF—Mohawk Valley fault; OVF—Owens Valley fault; PLF—Pyramid Lake fault; PSF—Petrified Springs fault; QVF—Queen Valley fault; SLF—Stateline fault; SNFFZ—Sierra Nevada frontal fault zone; WMFZ—White Mountains fault zone; WRF—Wassuk Range fault; WSFZ—Warm Springs fault zone.

(A) Simplified tectonic map of the western U.S. Cordillera showing the mode... Open Access

Published: 01 February 2013
—Hunter Mountain fault; MVF—Mohawk Valley fault; OVF—Owens Valley fault; PLF—Pyramid Lake fault; PSF—Petrified Springs fault; QVF—Queen Valley fault; SLF—Stateline fault; SNFFZ—Sierra Nevada frontal fault zone; WMFZ—White Mountains fault zone; WRF—Wassuk Range fault; WSFZ—Warm Springs fault zone.
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Figure 3. A: Walker Lane in relation to Sierra Nevada and western Great Basin. Box surrounds study area. Strike-slip fault system is progressively better organized to southeast, concomitant with increasing dextral displacement. B: Northern Walker Lane showing left-stepping, NW-striking dextral faults and offset paleovalley axes. Paleovalleys are grouped into three sets. Individual segments in each set are inferred to represent originally continuous paleovalley. DM—Diamond Mountains; DS—Dogskin Mountain; FS—Fort Sage Mountains; HLF—Honey Lake fault; HP—Haskell Peak; LR—Lake Range; MVF—Mohawk Valley fault; NR—Nightingale Range; PLF—Pyramid Lake fault; PM—Peterson Mountain; PR—Pah Rah Range; SL—Seven Lakes Mountain; SV—Sierra Valley; VM—Virginia Mountains; WSF—Warm Springs Valley fault. C: Riedel shear model for northern Walker Lane and analogous clay model from Wilcox et al. (1973). Coeval northwest-directed dextral shear and west-northwest extension may account for slight counterclockwise rotation of fault blocks that collapse in domino-like fashion to accommodate extension.

Figure 3. A: Walker Lane in relation to Sierra Nevada and western Great Bas... Available to Purchase

Published: 01 June 2005
faults and offset paleovalley axes. Paleovalleys are grouped into three sets. Individual segments in each set are inferred to represent originally continuous paleovalley. DM—Diamond Mountains; DS—Dogskin Mountain; FS—Fort Sage Mountains; HLF—Honey Lake fault; HP—Haskell Peak; LR—Lake Range; MVF—Mohawk
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(a) Regional map showing location of the Polaris fault and selected regional faults from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Quaternary Fault and Fold Database (see Data and Resources) and from I. Wong et al. (unpublished report, 2008, see Data and Resources: MVFZ, Mohawk Valley fault zone (#25b, from USGS); TFZ, Truckee fault zone (A005, from Wong et al.); ETFZ, Eastern Truckee fault zone (A005b, from Wong et al.); and DVFZ, Dog Valley fault zone (#27, from USGS). Also shown are the focal plane mechanism and epicenter location of the 1966 Truckee M 6.0 earthquake. (b) Inset topographic map showing high-resolution airborne LiDAR imagery, the Polaris fault (bold white line) and subordinate structures (broken white lines) mapped using bare-earth LiDAR. Stars indicate the locations of the East Martis Creek fan, Polaris, and Gray’s Crossing sites; also shown are the Martis Creek Dam, and selected geographic features. Illumination is from the east–northeast.

(a) Regional map showing location of the Polaris fault and selected regiona... Available to Purchase

Published: 01 June 2011
Figure 1. (a) Regional map showing location of the Polaris fault and selected regional faults from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Quaternary Fault and Fold Database (see Data and Resources ) and from I. Wong et al. (unpublished report, 2008, see Data and Resources : MVFZ, Mohawk Valley
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Hillshade and active fault map of the southern Cascadia arc, backarc, northern Sierra Nevada, and northern Walker Lane belt. Latest Pleistocene–Holocene dextral (ellipses), contraction, and extension (rectangles with arrows) rates in mm/yr are shown for major structures. Long-term (longer than ∼15 k.y.) slip rates are indicated by an asterisk (*). Fault traces are from the U.S. Geological Survey Quaternary fault database, except for those added to the map (dashed). Physiographic features: KG—Klamath graben; TL—Tule Lake. Cascade stratovolcanoes are the same as in Figure 1. Geologic features: HBF—Howard Bay fault; LF—Likely fault; SVF—Surprise Valley fault; HCF—Hat Creek fault; ELF—Eagle Lake fault; PLF—Pyramid Lake fault; WSF—Warm Springs Valley fault; HLF—Honey Lake fault; MVF—Mohawk Valley fault; GVF—Grizzly Valley fault; SN-CRBZ—Sierra Nevada–Cascade Range boundary zone; ICFB—Inks Creek fold belt; BCF—Battle Creek fault. Slip rate sources: A—Speth et al. (2018); B—Sawyer and Bryant (1995); C—Personius et al. (2009); D—Blakeslee and Kattenhorn (2013); E—Hammond and Thatcher (2005); F—Sawyer (2015); G—Sawyer et al. (2013); H—Gold et al. (2014); I—Gold et al. (2017); J—Gold et al. (2013a); K—Angster et al. (2016). lit.—literature.

Hillshade and active fault map of the southern Cascadia arc, backarc, north... Open Access

Published: 01 May 2019
. Geologic features: HBF—Howard Bay fault; LF—Likely fault; SVF—Surprise Valley fault; HCF—Hat Creek fault; ELF—Eagle Lake fault; PLF—Pyramid Lake fault; WSF—Warm Springs Valley fault; HLF—Honey Lake fault; MVF—Mohawk Valley fault; GVF—Grizzly Valley fault; SN-CRBZ—Sierra Nevada–Cascade Range boundary zone
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Geology map of the Mohawk Valley region, New York State, that displays the Mohawk Valley faults and associated faults. These faults sustained significant motion during the Taconic Orogeny. (Approximate location of Figure 2 shown as the green box in Figure 1). Geology generally from US Geological Survey website (US Geological Survey, 2016) and from Fisher (1980). Taconic mélange, Taconic allochthon, and Taconic intense deformation bands from Kidd (in Jacobi et al., 2016). Faults modified from Cushing and Ruedemann (1914), Fisher (1980), Bradley and Kidd (1991), Kidd et al. (1995), Hayman and Kidd (2002a, b), Cross et al. (2004), Agle et al. (2005, 2006a), and Jacobi et al. (2005), and generally follow those in O’Hara et al. (2017). Possible faults (indicated by black dashed outline of semitransparent fill) are modified from Jacobi (2002) and are based primarily on lineaments, several of which are coincident with known faults to the north. Red and yellow star indicates approximate location of core discussed in text. Large numbers in italics (1–5) indicate locations of grabens discussed in text. Black solid circle on Hoffmans Fault indicates location of kinematic indicators displayed in Figure 15. Labeled, white dashed boxes indicate locations of Figures 10 and 11A. Figure modified from Jacobi and Ebel (2019). Fault name abbreviations: Do = Dolgeville; E-G = East Galway; Eph = Ephrata; E-S-A = East Stone Arabia; Fo = Fonda; G-L = Galway Lake; Ho = Hoffmans; Hrk = Herkimer; L-F = Little Falls; Man = Manheim; M-C = Mother Creek; No = Noses; S-M = Saratoga-McGregor; Sp = Sprakers; T-H = Tribes Hill; W-G = West Galway; System name abbreviations: C = Cambrian; C-O = Cambrian–Ordovician; O = Ordovician; Q = Qal (Quaternary alluvium).

Geology map of the Mohawk Valley region, New York State, that displays the ... Open Access

Published: 01 October 2021
Figure 2. Geology map of the Mohawk Valley region, New York State, that displays the Mohawk Valley faults and associated faults. These faults sustained significant motion during the Taconic Orogeny. (Approximate location of Figure 2 shown as the green box in Figure 1 ). Geology generally from
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(A) Simplified tectonic map of the western U.S. Cordillera showing the modern plate boundaries and tectonic provinces. Basin and Range Province is in medium gray; CNSB (Central Nevada seismic belt), ECSZ (eastern California shear zone), ISB (intermountain seismic belt), and WLB (Walker Lane belt) are in light gray; MD (Mina deflection) is in dark gray. (B) Shaded relief map of the Walker Lane Belt and northern part of the eastern California shear zone showing the major Quaternary faults, the Carson domain, MD, and the Silver Peak–Lone Mountain extensional complex (SPLM). Light-blue squares show locations of GPS sites that bound the Mina deflection (Bormann et al., 2016); solid ball is located on the hanging wall of normal faults; arrow pairs indicate relative motion across strike-slip faults. AH—Anchorite Hills fault zone; BSF—Benton Springs fault; CF—Coaldale fault; CVF—Clayton Valley fault; DSF—Deep Springs fault; EPF—Emigrant Peak fault; EF—Excelsior fault; FCDV—Furnace Creek–Death Valley fault zone; FLVFC—Fish Lake Valley fault–Furnace Creek fault zone; GHF—Gumdrop Hills fault; HLF—Honey Lake fault; HMF—Hunter Mountain fault; LMF—Lone Mountain fault; MVF—Mohawk Valley fault; OVF—Owens Valley fault; PLF—Pyramid Lake fault; PSF—Petrified Springs fault; PVF—Panamint Valley fault; QVF—Queen Valley fault; RVF—Round Valley fault; SAF—San Antonio Mountains range front fault; SLF—Stateline fault; SNFF—Sierra Nevada frontal fault zone; TPF—Towne Pass fault; WMF—White Mountains fault zone; WRF—Wassuk Range fault; WSFZ—Warm Springs fault zone.

(A) Simplified tectonic map of the western U.S. Cordillera showing the mode... Open Access

Published: 24 June 2019
Valley fault; DSF—Deep Springs fault; EPF—Emigrant Peak fault; EF—Excelsior fault; FCDV—Furnace Creek–Death Valley fault zone; FLVFC—Fish Lake Valley fault–Furnace Creek fault zone; GHF—Gumdrop Hills fault; HLF—Honey Lake fault; HMF—Hunter Mountain fault; LMF—Lone Mountain fault; MVF—Mohawk Valley fault
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Proposed landscape reconstructions of the area that is now the northern Sierra Nevada and western Basin and Range, based on the results of this study and previous research. (A) Middle to late Eocene landscape shows rivers incising in high-elevation areas in steep, high-gradient paleovalleys, feeding sediment into braided streams aggrading in broad, lower-gradient paleovalleys in the west, and headward erosion extending drainages across a low-relief, high-elevation plateau to the east. (B) Oligocene landscape: ignimbrites sourced from calderas ∼200–250 km to the east (now central Nevada) travel and deposit in paleovalleys in northern Sierra Nevada. Approximate location of southern end of the Quaternary Mohawk Valley fault, based on Eocene outcrop locations, shown in gray for reference. Elevation estimates and landscape reconstructions based on this study, Henry (2008), Cassel et al. (2009a, 2009b), Henry and Faulds (2010), and Cassel and Graham (2011).

Proposed landscape reconstructions of the area that is now the northern Sie... Open Access

Published: 01 April 2012
Nevada) travel and deposit in paleovalleys in northern Sierra Nevada. Approximate location of southern end of the Quaternary Mohawk Valley fault, based on Eocene outcrop locations, shown in gray for reference. Elevation estimates and landscape reconstructions based on this study, Henry (2008) , Cassel
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(A) Tectonic sketch map of the Sierra Nevada microplate and Walker Lane belt, showing location of Lake Tahoe basin (T) (modified from Busby et al., 2016, and Unruh et al., 2003). Limit of Walker Lane belt from Faulds and Henry (2008). Heavy lines represent major faults. ECSZ—eastern California shear zone; MTJ—Mendocino triple junction. (B) Sketch map of the Lake Tahoe region, showing kinematic relations of faults and historic earthquakes (modified from Schweickert et al., 2004, with fault additions from Hunter et al. (2011; PF—Polaris fault); and Gold et al. (2014; MVF—Mohawk Valley fault). Basins are white; mountainous areas are gray. Outline of Figure 2 is shown. Abbreviations for fault zones include: WTDPFZ—West Tahoe–Dollar Point fault zone; NTIVFZ—North Tahoe–Incline Village fault zone. SN:NA—Sierra Nevada motion relative to Colorado Plateau. Modern stress axes from earthquake focal mechanisms: T-axis (= least principal stress) is horizontal, E-W; P-axis (= greatest principal stress) is vertical in normal-fault domains and is horizontal, N-S in areas with conjugate strike-slip faults.

(A) Tectonic sketch map of the Sierra Nevada microplate and Walker Lane bel... Open Access

Published: 19 March 2019
—Mohawk Valley fault). Basins are white; mountainous areas are gray. Outline of Figure 2 is shown. Abbreviations for fault zones include: WTDPFZ—West Tahoe–Dollar Point fault zone; NTIVFZ—North Tahoe–Incline Village fault zone. SN:NA—Sierra Nevada motion relative to Colorado Plateau. Modern stress axes
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Map of the central and northern Walker Lane showing major fault zones and global positioning system (GPS) velocities (after Hammond and Thatcher, 2004; Table 1). Normal and dextral faults shown outside Lake Tahoe have deformation rates >0.2 mm/a (USGS, 2005). Sinistral faults shown have deformation rates <0.2 mm/a. The white on black GPS arrow to the west of Lake Tahoe shows a calculated relative velocity difference of 2.7 ± 0.9 mm/a between stations UU83 and A270, which are located to the north-northwest of Lake Tahoe and on the east side of the Carson Valley, respectively. At the eastern margin of Walker Lane, normal faults strike north-northeast and include the Central Nevada seismic belt. Dextral faults dominate away from the margin of the Sierra Nevada microplate and strike north-northwest. Sinistral faults strike northeast and are primarily located perpendicular to dextral faults in Northern Walker Lane. Individual fault segments (USGS, 2005) have been combined to form one approximate fault trace for each fault zone. 1—Lone Mountain fault zone; 2—Toiyabe Range fault zone; 3—Western Toiyabe Range fault zone; 4—Fairview fault zone; 5—region with numerous unnamed sinistral faults; 6—Fish Lake Valley fault zone; 7—Bettles Wells–Petrified Springs fault zone; 8—Benton Springs fault; 9—Dixie Valley fault zone; 10—Rainbow Mountain fault zone; 11—Wassuk Range fault zone; 12—White Mountains fault zone; 13—Owens Valley fault zone; 14—Round Valley fault; 15—Hilton Creek fault; 16—Hartley Springs–Silver Lake faults; 17—Mono Lake fault; 18—Robinson Creek fault; 19—West Walker River fault; 20—Antelope Valley fault; 21—Smith Valley fault zone; 22—Carson lineament; 23—unnamed faults SE of Truckee Range; 24—Pyramid Lake fault zone; 25—Olinghouse fault; 26—Honey Lake fault zone; 27—unnamed fault west of Hungry Valley; 28—Mount Rose fault zone; 29—Kings Canyon fault; 30—Genoa fault; 31—Deep Springs fault; 32—Emigrant Peak fault zone; 33—Mohawk Valley fault.

Map of the central and northern Walker Lane showing major fault zones and g... Available to Purchase

Published: 01 July 2009
fault zone; 27—unnamed fault west of Hungry Valley; 28—Mount Rose fault zone; 29—Kings Canyon fault; 30—Genoa fault; 31—Deep Springs fault; 32—Emigrant Peak fault zone; 33—Mohawk Valley fault.
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A 740,000-yr-long Mohawk Lake record, Mohawk Valley, northeastern California, USA Available to Purchase

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Joanna R. Redwine, Kenneth D. Adams
Book: From Saline to Freshwater: The Diversity of Western Lakes in Space and Time
Series: GSA Special Papers
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 12 August 2021
DOI: 10.1130/2021.2536(21)
EISBN: 9780813795362
... is a relatively young basin located within the northwesternmost Walker Lane fault system (e.g., Faulds and Henry, 2008) , and it contains the northwest-trending Mohawk Valley fault zone ( Figs. 1 , 2 , 3 ). We also provide some observations regarding the style of faulting and discuss the implications for long...
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ABSTRACT Mohawk Valley lies in northeastern California on the margin of the northernmost Sierra Nevada and was occupied by Mohawk Lake during much of the middle and late Pleistocene. Throughout that time, the Sierra Nevada ice cap repeatedly extended northward into Mohawk Lake, and ice-contact deltaic sediments were deposited along the valley margins and in the valley bottom. Nearly 200 m of lacustrine and deltaic sediments are now well exposed along streams draining the Sierra Nevada. Tephra beds deposited within the deltaic sediments allow correlation of stratigraphic sections around the valley margin and, together with geomorphic evidence of former lake levels, permit interpretation of a Mohawk Lake history as far back as 740 ka. Mohawk Valley changed from a through-flowing fluvial setting to an intermittent closed basin sometime before 740 ka. After this change occurred, relatively small lakes intermittently formed in Mohawk Valley until ca. 600 ka, when the lake dramatically deepened. Mohawk Lake fluctuated in size over the next ~400,000 yr and increased in size to its highest levels after ca. 200 ka, possibly due to drainage integration with the upstream Lake Beckwourth. After this time, Mohawk Lake spilled over its westward sill, incrementally eroding and lowering lake levels until Mohawk Lake was emptied by ca. 7 ka.

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Layer A. Shaded relief map showing major Quaternary faults in central Walker Lane, Mina deflection, northern Eastern California shear zone, and western Basin and Range Province. Heavy black arrow shows the present-day azimuth of motion of the Sierra Nevada block with respect to the central Great Basin (SN-CBG) (Bennett et al., 2003). Fault abbreviations: APHF—Agai Pah Hills fault; BSF—Benton Spring fault; CF—Coaldale fault; CVF—Clayton Valley fault; EIFZ—Eastern Inyo fault zone; EPF—Emigrant Peak fault; FLVFCDV—Fish Lake Valley–Furnace Creek–Death Valley fault zone; GHF—Gumdrop Hills fault; HLF—Honey Lake fault; HMF—Hunter Mountain fault; IHF—Indian Head fault; MVF—Mohawk Valley fault; OF—Olinghouse fault; OVF—Owens Valley fault; PLF—Pyramid Lake fault; PSF—Petrified Spring fault; PVF—Panamint Valley fault; QVF—Queen Valley fault; SLF—Stateline fault; SNFF—Sierra Nevada frontal fault zone; WMF—White Mountains fault zone; WRF—Wassuk Range fault; WSF—Warm Springs fault. Layer B. Geographic names. Layer C. Tectonic domains. Semi-transparent brown shows the Walker Lane–northern Eastern California shear zone. Layer D. Yellow dashed polygon shows the location of the Gabbs Valley–Gillis Ranges (GVGR) field area (see Fig. 3). Layer E. Yellow stars show the locations of documented middle Miocene fault-slip initiation age. Numbers in the stars are tied to numbers in Table 3. Layer F. Thin blue arrows show GPS velocities relative to stable North America (ITRFNA2005 reference frame) from Lifton et al. (2013), and heavy multi-colored arrows show GPS velocities relative to stable North America (NA12 North America reference frame) from Bormann et al. (2016). GPS velocity scales are in the upper right corner of the map. Maps, labels, and data sets for this figure are organized in a series of layers that may be viewed separately or in combination using the capabilities of the Acrobat (PDF) layering function (click “Layers” icon along vertical bar on left side of window for display of available layers; turn layers on or off by clicking the box that encompasses the layer label located within the gray box in the lower left corner of the map). If reading the full-text version of this paper, view the layers of the figure by downloading the PDF or view the figure here: https://doi.org/10.1130/GEOS.S.12498458.

Layer A. Shaded relief map showing major Quaternary faults in central Walke... Open Access

Published: 31 July 2020
Hills fault; HLF—Honey Lake fault; HMF—Hunter Mountain fault; IHF—Indian Head fault; MVF—Mohawk Valley fault; OF—Olinghouse fault; OVF—Owens Valley fault; PLF—Pyramid Lake fault; PSF—Petrified Spring fault; PVF—Panamint Valley fault; QVF—Queen Valley fault; SLF—Stateline fault; SNFF—Sierra Nevada
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Earthquake Interaction, Fault Structure, and Source Properties of a Small Sequence in 2017 near Truckee, California Available to Purchase

Rachel L. Hatch, Rachel E. Abercrombie, Christine J. Ruhl, Kenneth D. Smith
Published: 14 August 2018
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (2018) 108 (5A): 2580–2593.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1785/0120180089
..., Mohawk Valley fault zone; DVFZ, Dog Valley fault zone; PFZ, Polaris fault zone. (Inset) Map of northern California and western Nevada, including rough outline of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Walker Lane region; Red box shows area of this figure. ...
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Late Pleistocene and Holocene Faulting in the Western Truckee Basin North of Truckee, California Available to Purchase

Aaron D. Melody, Beau B. Whitney, Christopher G. Slack
Published: 01 October 2012
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (2012) 102 (5): 2219–2224.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1785/0120110260
... of the Truckee Basin, along the northwest‐striking Mohawk Valley fault zone (MVFZ) ( Sawyer et al. , 1993 , 1995 ; Page et al. , 1995 ; Sawyer et al. , 2005 ), and to the south, in the Tahoe Basin (e.g. Ramelli et al. , 1999 ; Schweikert et al. , 2000 , 2004 ; Kent et al. , 2005 ; Brothers et al...
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