Download or read book Magnitude of Right lateral Offset on the Southern Death Valley Fault Zone from Miocene Volcanic Assemblages written by Sabrina Michelle Canalda and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fifty Years of Death Valley Research written by J.P. Calzia and published by . This book was released on 2006-04-07 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Lauren A. Wright and Bennie W. Troxel are internationally recognized experts on the geology of Death Valley, California. In November 2002, they celebrated 50 years of cooperative research together. This special issue of Earth-Science Reviews commemorates that special occasion. Wright and Troxel's research in Death Valley covers a wide variety of subjects including stratigraphy, structure, regional tectonics, Quaternary geology, and mineral resources. Their diversity in research is reflected in this volume. The first two chapters add stratigraphic and 13C data to the constantly growing volume of literature on Neoproterozoic global glaciation and the Snowball Earth theory. The next seven chapters are nearly equally divided between late Paleozoic thrust faulting, middle Cenozoic extensional tectonics, and magmatism. The next four chapters describe the late Neogene to Holocene geology and geomorphology of Death Valley, research topics very dear to Wright and Troxel in the last 10 years. The last chapter describes the lead-zinc deposits of the southern basin and ranges. * Written by internationally recognized experts on the geology of Death Valley research * Covers a wide range of geological subjects, including stratigraphy, tectonics, mineral resources, glaciations, and the Snowball Earth theory * Documents Wright and Troxel's dedication, keen observational skills and ability to merge observations with theory

Download or read book Possible Large Right lateral Displacement Along Fault and Shear Zones in the Death Valley Las Vegas Area California and Nevada written by J. H. Stewart and published by . This book was released on 1967* with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Southern Death Valley Fault Zone written by Darryl Keith Willis and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Large magnitude Extension in the Death Valley Region SW USA written by Brandon Lutz and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Death Valley region, SW USA, is a principal natural laboratory for understanding the tectonics of intraplate extension and transtension. However, the four-dimensional evolution intraplate strain in this area is not well-understood, which limits understanding of what tectonic forces drive intraplate deformation and how those forces are manifested.In the dissertation, I use multidisciplinary approaches to constrain the kinematic, thermo-rheological, and topographic evolution of the Death Valley region intraplate lithosphere. Chapter 1 introduces fundamental questions related to continental extension, which are addressed herein. Chapter 2 presents regional-scale cross-sectional thermo-kinematic models of extension to constrain the geometric and thermo-rheological evolution of a continental detachment system and the surrounding crust, respectively. Chapter 3 proposes how regional crustal thermo-rheological and kinematic evolutions controlled whole-lithosphere shear in the Death Valley region. Chapter 4 demonstrates how intraplate faulting and volcanism fragmented a latest Miocene to Pliocene fluvial system that predated the modern hydrologically-isolated basins within the region.

Download or read book A Detailed Geophysical and Geological Investigation at the Intersection of the Black Mountain Wingate Wash and Southern Death Valley Fault Zones Death Valley California written by Patrick J. Hogan and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Geology of Death Valley National Park written by Marli Bryant Miller and published by Kendall Hunt. This book was released on 2004 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explorea the geologic history, landforms, and geologic processes of Death Valley, which is the hottest area in the US and also features many rock types. Maps and photographs accompany the descriptions of rock types, mining, faults, and topography.

Download or read book Offset Paleochannel Indicates 22 5km Miocene Dextral Shear on the Bristol Granite Mountains Fault Zone written by Richard Oliver Lease and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Two Periods of Miocene to Contemporary Flattening Strain During Displacement on a Low angle Detachment and on Superposed Curved High angle Faults Volcanic Hills Southwest Nevada written by Amy R. Webber and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Eastern California Shear Zone (ECSZ) and central Walker Lane (CWL) form part of a tectonic boundary zone separating the Sierra Nevada and the central Great Basin. The ECSZ and CWL are misaligned and were kinematically linked by the Sliver Peak-Lone Mountain (SPLM) detachment from 13 to 4 Ma and subsequently by the active curved-array of east-northeast and north-northwest striking faults of the Mina deflection. Pliocene to contemporary transtension (constrictional strain) dominates within the ECSZ and CWL but in the Mina deflection, the geometry of individual curved fault systems results in areas of finite flattening. South of the Mina deflection in northern Fish Lake Valley, faults in the Volcanic Hills formed in the hanging wall of the curved Emigrant Peak fault zone, which truncates the SPLM detachment exposed in the footwall in the Silver Peak Range to the east. Volcanic and sedimentary rocks in the Volcanic Hills were deposited in localized basins active during displacement on the SPLM detachment. Geologic mapping, kinematic analysis, and fault-slip inversion reveal that the highangle faults have a progressive history involving two simultaneous extension directions (flattening). A total of 392 slip lineations with shear-sense determinations were collected on all orientations of high-angle faults in the array. Slip superposition documents four extension directions separated into two successive periods, each characterized by mutually cross-cutting slip relations indicating two directions of simultaneous extension (flattening strain). The youngest system of flattening strain has a primary extension direction of west-northwest and a secondary direction of north-northeast, consistent with contemporary earthquake focal mechanisms and strain-gauge results. The older history shows east-northeast (primary) and simultaneous north-northwest (secondary) extension and is interpreted to reflect the state of strain in the upper-plate of the SPLM extensional complex.

Download or read book Geodynamics of Rifting written by P.A. Ziegler and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2015-12-04 with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains papers giving an interdisciplinary review of 12 major rift systems from North and South America, Africa, Europe and Asia. These papers are written by an international group of academic and industrial specialists each of whom is most knowledgeable about the respective rift. The analyzed rifts were selected on the basis of availability of an as-complete-as-possible geological and geophysical data base. Thirteen papers deal with geodynamic processes governing the evolution of rifts.A comprehensive digest of the available stratigraphic, structural, geophysical and petrological data, together with an extensive list of references, is provided for each of the analyzed rift systems. The megatectonic setting and dynamics of evolution of each basin is discussed. Geodynamic models are tested against the record of the analyzed rifts.The question of "active" as against "passive" rifting is addressed. The rifts analyzed range in age from Precambrian to Recent and cover a wide spectrum of megatectonic settings. There is discussion of the evolution of rifts in a plate-tectonic frame. The case histories are followed by discussions addressing the global setting of rifts and geodynamic processes active during the development of rifted basins.

Download or read book Geologic Evolution of the Mojave Desert and Southwestern Basin and Range written by Allen F. Glazner and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 2002 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CD-ROM contains: Electronic version of text -- Maps.

Download or read book Plutonism in the Central Part of the Sierra Nevada Batholith California written by Paul C. Bateman and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the structure, composition, and pre-Tertiary history of the Sierra Nevada batholith in the Mariposa 1 by 2 quadrangle.

Download or read book Stratigraphy and Structure Death Valley California written by Charles Butler Hunt and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stratigraphy and structural geology, both of the surficial deposits and bedrock. Two companion reports describe the hydrology, saltpan, and plant ecology.

Download or read book Kinematics and Timing of the Miocene Quaternary Deformation in Nellis Dunes Recreational Area Nevada written by Shaimaa Abdelhaleem and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The kinematics and origin of transfer, accommodation and strike-slip zones is of paramount significance in understanding continental extension. The Las Vegas Valley Shear Zone (LVVSZ) is a NW-striking right-lateral fault system in the central Basin and Range province. Despite its prominence among the structures of the region and its role in the regional tectonic development, little is understood about its eastern portion. The inadequately constrained trace of the LVVSZ along its eastern part contributes largely to the ambiguity of the time activity and role of the LVVSZ. The eastern part of LVVSZ lies in Nellis Dunes Recreational Area (NDRA), north of Frenchman Mountain. The area exposes structures, the red sandstone unit, the Muddy Creek Formation, the Las Vegas Formation and the Quaternary deposits. Previous mapping showed different structural configurations in the NDRA and suggested that the area under the NDRA formed as a pull-apart basin between the LVVSZ in the northern part of the area and the Munitions fault that lies to the south and bounds the northern end of the Frenchman Mountain block. However, some structural geometries are inconsistent with the regional pull-apart basin model of Nellis basin. Folds, Thrust Faults and Normal Faults developed in different areas in NDRA. Each part is dominated by distinct compressional and extensional orientations. In this study, I collected and analyzed more detailed data and suggested a deformation model consistent with the entire fold and fault geometries. Large scale mapping (1:8,000) documented complex structural geometries and kinematics. Structural analysis showed that the area exhibits three different deformations. 1) The NW-striking LVVSZ developed in Miocene-Pliocene in the middle part of the area and stopped moving before the Quaternary. 2) In the Quaternary, a NE- oriented left-lateral accommodation zone developed in the middle part of the area overprinting the LVVSZ deformation. 3) The northern end of the Frenchman Mountain fault curves to the NE forming a left lateral fault splay in the southern part of NDRA.

Download or read book Exhumation Associated with Continental Strike slip Fault Systems written by Alison B. Till and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Late Cenozoic Drainage History of the Southwestern Great Basin and Lower Colorado River Region written by Marith C. Reheis and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers in this title were selected from presentations from an April 2005 workshop sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey Earth Surface Dynamics Program, the U.S. Geological Survey National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, and the Smithsonian Institution. Papers are divided into two broad topics of the configuration, areal extent, and temporal development of the chain of interconnected lakes that emptied into Death Valley during periods of the Pleistocene, and the late Cenozoic history of drainage integration in the lower Colorado River region. Papers are occasionally illustrated in both color and black-and-white; the publication contains no index.

Download or read book Tectonic Geomorphology written by Douglas W. Burbank and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-11-02 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tectonic geomorphology is the study of the interplay between tectonic and surface processes that shape the landscape in regions of active deformation and at time scales ranging from days to millions of years. Over the past decade, recent advances in the quantification of both rates and the physical basis of tectonic and surface processes have underpinned an explosion of new research in the field of tectonic geomorphology. Modern tectonic geomorphology is an exceptionally integrative field that utilizes techniques and data derived from studies of geomorphology, seismology, geochronology, structure, geodesy, stratigraphy, meteorology and Quaternary science. While integrating new insights and highlighting controversies from the ten years of research since the 1st edition, this 2nd edition of Tectonic Geomorphology reviews the fundamentals of the subject, including the nature of faulting and folding, the creation and use of geomorphic markers for tracing deformation, chronological techniques that are used to date events and quantify rates, geodetic techniques for defining recent deformation, and paleoseismologic approaches to calibrate past deformation. Overall, this book focuses on the current understanding of the dynamic interplay between surface processes and active tectonics. As it ranges from the timescales of individual earthquakes to the growth and decay of mountain belts, this book provides a timely synthesis of modern research for upper-level undergraduate and graduate earth science students and for practicing geologists. Additional resources for this book can be found at: www.wiley.com/go/burbank/geomorphology.