Seismotectonics of theWhite Mountains fault system, east-central California and west-central Nevada
Authors
DePolo, Craig M.
Issue Date
1989
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
Keywords
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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Abstract
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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Publisher
University of Nevada, Reno
License
In Copyright(All Rights Reserved)