DOCSLIB.ORG

Character and Chronology of Basin Development, Western Margin of the Basin and Range Province

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Character and Chronology of Basin Development, Western Margin of the Basin and Range Province CHARLES M. GILBERT 1 Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of California, MITCHELL W. REYNOLDS* J Berkeley, California 94720 Character and Chronology of Basin Development, Western Margin of the Basin and Range Province ABSTRACT parallel to the Mono Basin-Excelsior zone to the south and the Carson lineament to the Near the western margin of the Basin and north. Range Province in an area encompassing some 1,500 km2 between Mono Lake, California, and INTRODUCTION Yerington, Nevada, six structural basins con- The region studied for this report includes a tain thick accumulations of Miocene-Pliocene thick sequence of stratified rocks, both sedi- sedimentary and volcanic rocks. From ap- mentary and volcanic, that is exposed over an proximately 22 to 18 m.y. ago, the area was a area large enough to encompass six existing highland from which ignimbrite flows of structural basins in the western part of the Oligocene age were generally eroded. Sub- Basin and Range Province. The sedimentary sequent eruptions of andesitic rocks blanketed rocks in the sequence vary sufficiently in the area with flows and breccia. Between about lithology and facies characteristics to provide a 12.5 and 9 to 8 m.y. ago, the area became an stratigraphic basis for interbasin correlation and integrated basin of sedimentation in which for interpretation of depositional environ- some 2,500 m of strata accumulated. During ments. Furthermore, many of the rocks are this period, faulting, along west and north- datable by radiometric means, and the sequence west trends, and volcanism occurred. Within is nearly continuous from about 12.5 to 6 m.y. the basin, surface environments varied from ago. Coupled with the younger sequence in- fluvial to lacustrine, and basin margins fluctu- volved in studies made in the adjacent Mono ated, the maximum extent of the basin having Basin area (Gilbert and others, 1968; Christen- been reached about 10.5 m.y. ago, but a single sen and others, 1969), a nearly continuous integrated basin persisted. By approximately record of the last 13 m.y. is provided for this 7.5 m.y. ago, the region had been disintegrated general region. The report that follows by normal faulting into existing structural describes first the character, age, and relations blocks. Faults of this episode generally trend of the various rock units, and then considers northeast, east, and northwest. Relative the chronology and character of the late tectonic quiescence ensued for about 4 m.y. Cenozoic deformation. During this time a well-graded erosional sur- The area that has been mapped extends more face evolved and was locally covered by basic or less continuously from Fletcher and Lucky volcanic flows and silicic protrusions, com- Boy Pass on the south to Smith and Mason monly emplaced along faults of the earlier Valleys on the north, and from the western episode. Broad upwarping and block faulting flank of the Wassuk Range to the western part during the Quaternary Period produced the of the Pine Grove Hills (Fig. 1). Mapping on a present topography. In contrast to trends of scale of 1:62,500 or larger was completed in faulting prior to 7.5 m.y. ago, Quaternary most areas where late Tertiary sedimentary and normal faults have a north orientation. These volcanic rocks are exposed; less attention was faults terminate en echelon in structural warps given to older volcanic rocks, and basement or by abrupt decrease in displacement to define rocks were not differentiated. a northeast-trending lineament across the area, An extensive gravity survey was made to supplement surface mapping, the results of 'Present address: U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, which will be reported in a later publication. It Colorado 80225. is expected that the gravity data will provide Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 84, p. 2489-2510, 7 figs., August 1973 2489 Figure 1. Index map showing part of the western heavy lines are Quaternary normal faults referred to in margin of the Basin and Range Province. Dots outline the text. the approximate area mapped during this study, and BASIN DEVELOPMENT, WESTERN BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE 2491 additional information on the depth and con- Grove Hills were determined by Eastwood figuration of existing structural basins in which (1969) as 22.8 and 28.8 m.y. Farther south, the younger sedimentary rocks are preserved. similar rocks having similar ages were mapped east of Mono Lake (Gilbert and others, 1968). GENERAL CHARACTER AND During early Miocene time, rhyolitic ignim- AGE OF ROCK UNITS brites probably covered most of this part of western Nevada and adjacent parts of Cali- Regional Basement fornia. Within approximately 5 to 7 m.y., how- Granitic, metavolcanic, and metasedimen- ever, they had been deformed and extensively tary rocks of Mesozoic age are the basement eroded, for Miocene andesite overlaps them rocks of the region. Over large areas they are and rests directly on eroded basement over buried unconformably by thick accumulations most of the area mapped for this study. of Cenozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks. Andesitic flows and clastic rocks of Miocene Most of the exposed basement within the age are widespread and locally thick in western region studied for this report consists of quartz Nevada and in the Sierra Nevada northward monzonite or granodiorite together with a from Mono Lake (Ross, 1961; Slemmons, 1966; variety of more mafic intrusive rocks. Meta- Gilbert and others, 1968; Bonham, 1969; morphic rocks occur as small remnants or Moore, 1969). Flows and coarse breccia pre- pendants in the granitic intrusive rocks. They dominate, but tuff and andesitic sandstone and are undoubtedly of Triassic and Jurassic age conglomerate are interbedded in many places. (Moore, 1960, 1969), but they were not dif- Locally, at the base of the sequence in the ferentiated. southern Singatze Range and in the western Quartz monzonite masses in the western Pine part of the Wassuk Range, bouldery sedi- Grove Hills have been dated radiometrically as mentary lenses containing a variety of base- 87 and 90 m.y. old (Krueger and Schilling, ment rocks represent drainage channels across 1971, p. 11). These dates correlate the Pine the underlying surface. These channels appear Grove Hills pluton with the Cathedral Range to trend roughly east. intrusive epoch of Late Cretaceous age in the The K-Ar age of a hornblende andesite flow Sierra Nevada (Evernden and Kistler, 1970). A about 15 m above granitic basement in the Late Cretaceous age has also been reported for central Cambridge Hills is approximately 15 plutons in the Wassuk Range at Lucky Boy m.y. (KA2493, Table 1). Proffett (1972) re- Pass and near Powell Mountain, but a pluton at ported K-Ar ages of andesite flows in the the northern end of the Wassuk Range has a northern Singatze Range from 17.0 to 18.9 Late Jurassic age of 140 m.y. (Evernden and m.y. In the Mono Basin area, the oldest Kistler, 1970). Clearly, more than one intrusive andesite flows are interbedded with rhyolitic epoch is represented by the granitic rocks of the ignimbrite about 22 m.y. old (Gilbert and area. others, 1968; samples KA1974, KA2000, KA2074). Older Volcanic Rocks Andesitic rocks of equivalent age in the The oldest Cenozoic rocks are rhyolitic southern part of the area mapped have been ignimbrite flows that are probably correlative silicified, argillized, and propylitized almost with the Hartford Hill rhyolite tuff in the beyond recognition. Extensive exposures of Virginia Range (Moore, 1969). Within the these altered rocks occur in the canyon of the area mapped, these ignimbrites occur in thin East Walker River southeast of the Pine Grove sequences in the western Pine Grove Hills, near Hills, and along the western flank of the Wassuk Morgan Ranch, and at two localities along the Range for several kilometers north and south of eastern margin of Coal Valley (Fig. 2). They Lucky Boy Pass. Near the East Walker River are more widespread and thicker to the north (N. 38°26.45', W. 118°58.5'), hydrothermally along the northeast margin of East Walker altered andesite is overlain unconformably by Valley and on the northern flank of the Gray unaltered remnants of a hornblende-biotite Hills, southeast of Yerington. West of Yering- andesite flow having an average K-Ar age of ton, in the northern Singatze Range, a thick 12.2 m.y. (KA2362, KA2364, KA2368, Table sequence of rhyolitic ignimbrites was mapped in 1). A dikelike mass of similar andesite in the detail by Proffett (1972), who reported K-Ar same area, also unaltered, was intruded along a ages for them ranging from 25 to 28 m.y. The fault between altered andesite and basement; it ages of two ignimbrites in the western Pine has an average age of 12.65 m.y. (KA2372, 2498 GILBERT ANI) REYNOLDS TABLE 1. ANALYTICAL DATA FOR POTASSIUM-ARGON AGE DETERMINATIONS y ROCK TYPE MINERALS K SAMPLE 40 . 40. CALCULATED Ar Ar SAMPLE LOCATION ANALYZED WEIGHT WEIGHT rad ra,| * ¿¿e (latitude - longitude) PERCENT IN GRAMS moles/g x 10-11 40 106 YEARS Older andesite Andésite N38°43.1' - W119°01.8' Hornblende 0.6550 2.76115 1.7956 41.0 14.88 * 0.47 Hornblende-biotite andesite dike and flow y. ' KA2362 Andesite (flox) I Plagioclase 0.5377 5.193B9 1.1611 40.95 ! 12.11 - 0.39 KA2364 N38°26.45'- W118°58.35' Hornblende 0.6159 4.63701 1.3254 28.53 12.07 * 0.50 KAZ368 IBiotite 6.123 1.05060 13.4685 31.36 12.33 » 0.31 KA2372 Andesite (dike) I Biotite 5.489 0.99832 12.1607 41.66 12.42 * 0.17 KA2373 N38°27.3' - W118°58.55' I Hornblende 0.631 5.14858 1.4556 36.03 12.93 * 0.45 Aldrich Station Formation KA2379R
Load more

Recommended publications
  • UNIVERSITY of NEVADA-RENO Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Un~Vrrsiryof Nevada-8.Eno Reno, Nevada 89557-0088 (702) 784-6691 FAX: (7G2j 784-1709
    UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA-RENO Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Un~vrrsiryof Nevada-8.eno Reno, Nevada 89557-0088 (702) 784-6691 FAX: (7G2j 784-1709 NBMG OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-1 MINERAL RESOURCE INVENTORY BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, CARSON CITY DISTRICT, NEVADA Joseph V. Tingley This information should be considered preliminary. It has not been edited or checked for completeness or accuracy. Mineral Resource Inventory Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, Nevada Prepared by: Joseph V. Tingley Prepared for: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF E INTERIOR '\\ !\ BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT Carson City Office Carson City, Nevada Under Cooperative Agreement 14-08-0001-A-0586 with the U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO January 1990 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ........................ 3 LOCATION .......................... 4 MINERAL RESOURCES ...................... 4 MINING DISTRICTS AND AREAS .................. 6 ALLEN HOT SPRINGS AREA ................. 6 ALPINE DISTRICT .................... 7 AURORA DISTRICT .................... 10 BELL DISTRICT ..................... 13 BELLMOUNTAIN DISTRICT ................. 16 BENWAY DISTRICT .................... 19 BERNICE DISTRICT .................... 21 BOVARDDISTRICT .............23 BROKENHILLS DISTRICT ................. 27 BRUNERDISTRICT .................. 30 BUCKLEYDISTRICT ................. 32 BUCKSKINDISTRICT ............... 35 CALICO HILLS AREA ................... 39 CANDELARIA DISTRICT ................. 41 CARSON CITY DISTRICT .................. 44
    [Show full text]
  • Fop2010guide.Pdf
    ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! Here’s the deal. Alright everybody. FOP 2010. From Wassook to Wabooska. Got a nice little trip lined up. In a nutshell, we’ll meet up on the 16th near the little town of Gabbs which is wouldn’t y’know in Gabbs Valley, Nevada. Gabbs is a place; golf course, bar open most of the time, a little grocery whose hours I don’t recall, and a restaurant if your are there at the right time (between 8am to 2pm but not on Sun or Mon mind you). We’ll awake on the 17th along the Petrified Springs fault, take a look at the boundary of the Walker Lane and Basin and Range, put the place in some geodetic perspective, look at some of the best right-lateral strike-slip tectonic geomorphology to be seen in the central Walker Lane, have the opportunity to put your head in a soil pit, and get started talking about the tectonics of the Walker Lane. From there we’ll move on to a midday stop along the Benton Springs fault, another right-lateral one, where you’ll all get to do more of the same, and talk a bit about how it all relates to geodetic measures of strain accumulation in the area. Then we’ll continue our journey westward through the metropolis of Mina to the north flank of the Excelsior Mtns and Rattlesnake Flat which is pretty much nowhere. Things get flipped there a bit and we’ll switch to looking at what the world looks like when it moves left-laterally and conversation will drift toward the dizzying topic of how this particular part of the planet might be spinning around on a vertical axis, whichever one that is.
    [Show full text]
  • Strike-Slip Faulting Along the Wassuk Range of the Northern Walker Lane, Nevada
    The Origin and Evolution of the Sierra Nevada and Walker Lane theme issue 00912 1st pages / page 1 of 9 Strike-slip faulting along the Wassuk Range of the northern Walker Lane, Nevada Shaopeng Dong1,2,*, Gulsen Ucarkus3,*, Steven G. Wesnousky2,*, Jillian Maloney3,*, Graham Kent4,*, Neal Driscoll3,*, and Robert Baskin5,* 1Key Laboratory of Active Tectonics and Volcanoes, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing 100029, China 2Center for Neotectonics Studies, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA 3Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA 4Nevada Seismological Laboratory, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA 5U.S. Geological Survey, West Valley City, Utah 84119, USA ABSTRACT tions begin to reconcile what was a mismatch (e.g., Wesnousky, 2005). Based on geodesy, as between geodetically predicted deformation much as one-fi fth of the right-lateral relative A strike-slip fault is present outboard rates and geological fault slip rate studies plate motion between the Pacifi c and North and subparallel to the Wassuk Range front along the Wassuk Range front, and pro- America plates is accommodated east of the within the central Walker Lane (Nevada, vide another example of strain partitioning Sierra Nevada, with the majority localized USA). Recessional shorelines of pluvial Lake between predominantly normal and strike- within the Walker Lane (Bennett et al., 1999; Lahontan that reached its highstand ca. slip faults that occurs in regions of oblique Hammond and Thatcher, 2007; Thatcher et al., 15,475 ± 720 cal. yr B.P. are displaced ~14 m extension such as the Walker Lane.
    [Show full text]
  • CONSERVATION ASSESSMENT for Walker Lake in Mineral County, Nevada
    CONSERVATION ASSESSMENT for Walker Lake In Mineral County, Nevada Photo copyright © Bob Goodman. Used with permission. May 2013 Edition Conservation Assessment for Walker Lake Contents Contents 1 Table of Figures 2 Acknowledgements 3 Contact Information 4 Executive Summary 5 Introduction and Scope 9 Physical Setting 12 Conservation Targets 13 Target Viability 25 Threats 26 Strategies 28 Measures of Success 32 References 33 Appendix 1. Stresses and Threats Worksheets 36 Appendix 2: Methods of Conservation Action Planning 46 1 Conservation Assessment for Walker Lake Figures Figure 1: Walker Lake elevation and TDS levels over time. 6, 29 Figure 2. Water budget to maintain lake-surface altitudes between 3,952 and 3,986 feet at Walker Lake, Nevada. (modified from Table 18 in Lopes and Allander, 2009) 6, 30 Figure 3: Walker Lake salinity effects on key indicator species. 7, 31 Figure 4: Location of Walker Lake in the Walker Basin. 11 Figure 5: Hydrology of Walker River Basin and Walker Lake. 15 Figure 6: Benthic food web of Walker Lake. 18 Figure 7: Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi) 20 Figure 8: Tui chub (Siphateles bicolor) 21 Figure 9: Google Earth™ view of freshwater marsh at southern end of Walker Lake 22 Figure 10: A sample view of a virtual tamarisk monoculture on the Walker River Paiute Indian Reservation 24 Figure 11: Target viability summary. 25 Figure 12: Summary of threats to conservation targets. 27 2 Conservation Assessment for Walker Lake Acknowledgements The Nature Conservancy appreciates and acknowledges grant support used to carry out the conservation planning presented here, from: Walker Basin Restoration Program National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 215 West Bridge, Suite 11 Yerington, NV 89447 Much of the information in this report was generated as part of an ongoing U.S.
    [Show full text]
  • Holocene Earthquakes and Late Pleistocene Slip Rate Estimates on the Wassuk Range Fault Zone, Nevada, USA
    Manuscript Common.Links.ClickHereToDownload Holocene earthquakes and late Pleistocene slip rate estimates on the Wassuk Range fault zone, Nevada, USA. Jayne M. Bormann, Benjamin E. Surpless, Steven G. Wesnousky, and Marc W. Caffee Corresponding Author: Jayne Bormann Center for Neotectonic Studies Nevada Geodetic Laboratory University of Nevada, Reno MS 178 Reno, NV 89557 [email protected] Electronic supplement: Two tables and figures detailing the inputs and results for radiocarbon and cosmogenic analyses and photos of the rocks sampled for cosmogenic analysis. 1 2 Abstract 3 The Wassuk Range fault zone is an active, 80 km long, east-dipping, high-angle normal 4 fault that flanks the eastern margin of the Wassuk Range in central Nevada. Observations from 5 two alluvial fan systems truncated by the fault provide information on the uplift rate and 6 Holocene earthquake history along the rangefront. At the apex of the Rose Creek alluvial fan, 7 radiocarbon dating of offset stratigraphy exposed in two fault trenches shows that multiple 8 earthquakes resulted in 5.5-7.0 m of vertical offset along the fault since ~9400 cal yr B.P. The 9 southern trench records at least two faulting events resulting in a ~5.5 m scarp since ~9400 cal yr 10 B.P., with the most recent displacement postdating ~2800 cal yr B.P. The northern trench records 11 a ~1 m offset after ~600 cal yr B.P., allows an earlier event at ~1450 cal yr B.P., and records one 12 or more prior events. Although large variations in stratigraphy between trench exposures prevent 13 the development of a unique earthquake chronology, these observations result in a Holocene 14 uplift rate of 0.6 – 0.8 mm/yr.
    [Show full text]
  • Walker River Geographic Response Plan
    Walker River Geographic Response Plan Draft Mono County, California and Douglas and Lyon Counties, Nevada May 2006 Prepared by: Carson & Walker Rivers Area Committee (CWRAC) Walker River Geographic Response Plan May 2006 - Draft Acknowledgements The Walker River Geographic Response Plan (WRGRP) was developed through a collaborative effort between the local, state, and federal government agencies listed below. Local Government • Carson City Fire • Carson Valley Conservation District • Churchill County Emergency Management • Douglas County Emergency Management • East Fork Fire and Paramedic Districts • Lyon County Sheriff’s Office • Mason Valley Fire • Mineral County Fire Department • Mono County Conservation District State Government • California Department of Fish and Game, Office of Spill Prevention and Response • California Office of Emergency Services • Nevada Department of Wildlife • Nevada Division of Emergency Management • Nevada Division of Environmental Protection • Nevada Division of Forestry • Nevada Highway Patrol Tribes • Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe • Walker River Paiute Tribe • Washo Tribe • Yerington Paiute Tribe Federal Government • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region IX o EPA’s Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team (START), Ecology & Environment, Inc. • U.S. Bureau of Land Management i Walker River Geographic Response Plan April 2006 - Draft If this is an Emergency… …Involving a release or threatened release of hazardous materials, petroleum products, or other contaminants impacting public health and/or the environment Most important – Protect yourself and others! Then: 1) Turn to the Immediate Action Guide (Yellow Tab) for initial steps taken in a hazardous material, petroleum product, or other contaminant emergency. 2) Make the initial notification to Dispatch by dialing 911. Dispatch will make the Mandatory Notifications.
    [Show full text]
  • Strike-Slip Faulting Along the Wassuk Range of the Northern Walker Lane, Nevada
    Origin and Evolution of the Sierra Nevada and Walker Lane themed issue Strike-slip faulting along the Wassuk Range of the northern Walker Lane, Nevada Shaopeng Dong1,2,*, Gulsen Ucarkus3,*, Steven G. Wesnousky2,*, Jillian Maloney3,*, Graham Kent4,*, Neal Driscoll3,*, and Robert Baskin5,* 1Key Laboratory of Active Tectonics and Volcanoes, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing 100029, China 2Center for Neotectonics Studies, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA 3Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA 4Nevada Seismological Laboratory, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA 5U.S. Geological Survey, West Valley City, Utah 84119, USA ABSTRACT tions begin to reconcile what was a mismatch (e.g., Wesnousky, 2005). Based on geodesy, as between geodetically predicted deformation much as one-fi fth of the right-lateral relative A strike-slip fault is present outboard rates and geological fault slip rate studies plate motion between the Pacifi c and North and subparallel to the Wassuk Range front along the Wassuk Range front, and pro- America plates is accommodated east of the within the central Walker Lane (Nevada, vide another example of strain partitioning Sierra Nevada, with the majority localized USA). Recessional shorelines of pluvial Lake between predominantly normal and strike- within the Walker Lane (Bennett et al., 1999; Lahontan that reached its highstand ca. slip faults that occurs in regions of oblique Hammond and Thatcher, 2007; Thatcher et al., 15,475 ± 720 cal. yr B.P. are displaced ~14 m extension such as the Walker Lane. 1999). The eastern escarpment of the Wassuk and yield a right-lateral slip-rate estimate Range is steep, abrupt, and bounded by a normal approaching 1 mm/yr.
    [Show full text]
  • Bathymetry of Walker Lake, West-Central Nevada
    Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation Bathymetry of Walker Lake, West-Central Nevada Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5012 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Cover: Photograph of Walker Lake looking south toward the town of Walker Lake and Mount Grant, Nevada. (Photograph taken by Thomas Lopes, U.S. Geological Survey, February 28, 2005.) Bathymetry of Walker Lake, West-Central Nevada By Thomas J. Lopes and J. LaRue Smith Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5012 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Department of the Interior DIRK KEMPTHORNE, Secretary U.S. Geological Survey Mark D. Myers, Director U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia: 2007 For product and ordering information: World Wide Web: http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS For more information on the USGS--the Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment: World Wide Web: http://www.usgs.gov Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Although this report is in the public domain, permission must be secured from the individual copyright owners to reproduce any copyrighted materials contained within this report. Suggested citation: Lopes, T.J., and Smith, J.L., 2007, Bathymetry of Walker Lake, West-Central Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report
    [Show full text]
  • Hydrologic Setting and Conceptual Hydrologic Model of the Walker River Basin, West-Central Nevada
    Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation Hydrologic Setting and Conceptual Hydrologic Model of the Walker River Basin, West-Central Nevada Scientifi c Investigations Report 2009–5155 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Cover: Upper left: Walker Lake at sunset (photograph by Thomas J. Lopes, March 3, 2005) Upper right: Rabbitbrush in bloom south of Schurz, Nevada (photograph by Thomas J. Lopes, September 28, 2004) Lower left: White pelicans at the mouth of the Walker River (photograph by Thomas J. Lopes, April 23, 2004) Lower right: Southern Mason Valley and white-capped Mount Grant in the distance (photograph by Thomas J. Lopes, June 3, 2008) Hydrologic Setting and Conceptual Hydrologic Model of the Walker River Basin, West-Central Nevada By Thomas J. Lopes and Kip K. Allander Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5155 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Department of the Interior KEN SALAZAR, Secretary U.S. Geological Survey Suzette M. Kimball, Acting Director U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia: 2009 For more information on the USGS—the Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment, visit http://www.usgs.gov or call 1-888-ASK-USGS For an overview of USGS information products, including maps, imagery, and publications, visit http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod To order this and other USGS information products, visit http://store.usgs.gov Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S.
    [Show full text]
  • The Unusual Temporal and Spatial Slip History of the Wassuk Range Normal Fault, Western Nevada (USA): Implications for Seismic Hazard and Walker Lane Deformation
    Trinity University Digital Commons @ Trinity Geosciences Faculty Research Geosciences Department 5-2015 The nU usual Temporal and Spatial Slip History of the Wassuk Range Normal Fault, Western Nevada (USA): Implications for Seismic Hazard and Walker Lane Deformation Benjamin E. Surpless Trinity University, [email protected] Glenn C. Kroeger Trinity University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.trinity.edu/geo_faculty Part of the Earth Sciences Commons Repository Citation Surpless, B., & Kroeger, G. (2015). The nU usual Temporal and Spatial Slip History of the Wassuk Range Normal Fault, Western Nevada (USA): Implications for Seismic Hazard and Walker Lane Deformation. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 127, 737-758. doi: 10.1130/B31159.1 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Geosciences Department at Digital Commons @ Trinity. It has been accepted for inclusion in Geosciences Faculty Research by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Trinity. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Surpless and Kroeger GSA Bulletin 2014 The unusual temporal and spatial slip history of the Wassuk Range normal fault, western Nevada (USA): implications for seismic hazard and Walker Lane deformation Authors: Surpless, B., and Kroeger, G. Cite as: Surpless, B., and Kroeger, G., 2014, The unusual temporal and spatial slip history of the Wassuk Range normal fault, western Nevada (USA): implications for seismic hazard and Walker Lane deformation: Geological
    [Show full text]