Published June 25, 1981
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Journal Article
Low-angle normal faults in the Basin and Range Province: nappe tectonics in an extending orogen
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Wernicke, Brian
Chicago
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Abstract
Cenozoic normal fault mosaics bounded beneath by a basal fault in the Basin and Range Province (BRP) have traditionally been described either in terms of large-scale surficial gravity sliding or by some form of in situ lower plate accommodation. I suggest here that these areas may be an extensional analogue to thin-skinned compressional orogens, a process which may even dominate active BRP tectonics.
Additional Information
© 1981 Macmillan Journals Ltd. Received 18 December 1980; accepted 17 March 1981. I thank colleagues at MIT for discussions. This work was supported by NSF grant EAR 7713637 awarded to B. C. Burchfiel.Additional details
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- 47261
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- 10.1038/291645a0
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- EAR-7713637
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