Seismotectonics of theWhite Mountains fault system, east-central California and west-central Nevada

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DePolo, Craig M.

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1989

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Seismology , White Mountains , White Mountains Fault System , Faults , Earthquakes , Slip-rates , Geology , Tectonics , Walker Lane , Geomorphology , Scarps , Mackay Theses and Dissertations Grant Collection

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The White Mountains Fault System is an active range-bounding system with Holocene activity along most or all of its extent. The system is capable of earthquakes of magnitude 7.1 to 7.8 and has a slip rate of about 1 mm/yr.

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University of Nevada, Reno

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