[Rockhounds] Walker Lane: A New San Andreas Fault Developing in Nevada ?

Paul etchplain at att.net
Sat Apr 20 08:17:20 PDT 2019


Move Over San Andreas, There is an Ominous New Fault
in Town Geoff Manugh, Wired, April 18, 2019
https://www.wired.com/story/walker-lane-move-over-san-andreas-fault/

Additional reading:

Faulds, J.E., Henry, C.D. and Hinz, N.H., 2005. Kinematics of the
northern Walker Lane: An incipient transform fault along the
Pacific–North American plate boundary. Geology, 33(6), pp.505-508.
PDF file - http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/Staff/henry/FauldsEtNWLGeology2005.pdf
Other Publications - http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/Staff/Faulds.html

Faulds, J.E., Henry, C.D., Spencer, J.E. and Titley, S.R., 2008.
Tectonic influences on the spatial and temporal evolution of the
Walker Lane: An incipient transform fault along the evolving
Pacific–North American plate boundary. Ores and orogenesis:
Circum-Pacific tectonics, geologic evolution, and ore deposits:
Arizona Geological Society Digest, 22, pp.437-470.
PDF file - 
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/Staff/Faulds/33_AGS22_Faulds_and_Henry_(Walker_Lane)_final.pdf
Other Publications - http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/Staff/Faulds.html

Yours,

Paul H.





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