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Oblique slip, slip partitioning, spatial and temporal changes in the regional stress field, and the relative strength of active faults in the Basin and Range, western United States
Steven G. Wesnousky
Steven G. Wesnousky
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Center for Neotectonic Studies and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0135
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Craig H. Jones
Craig H. Jones
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Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0216
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Geology (1994) 22 (11): 1031-1034.
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November 01, 1994
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Steven G. Wesnousky, Craig H. Jones; Oblique slip, slip partitioning, spatial and temporal changes in the regional stress field, and the relative strength of active faults in the Basin and Range, western United States. Geology ; 22 (11): 1031–1034. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1994)022<1031:OSSPSA>2.3.CO;2
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- active faults
- Basin and Range Province
- basin range structure
- California
- continental crust
- crust
- faults
- low-angle faults
- mechanical properties
- mechanics
- neotectonics
- Nevada
- normal faults
- North America
- oblique-slip faults
- Southern California
- spatial variations
- strength
- stress fields
- tectonics
- theoretical studies
- time factor
- United States
- Western U.S.
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