Temporal, Spatial, and Compositional Constraints on Extension-Related Volcanism in Central Death Valley, California
Thompson RA, Wright LA, Johnson CM, Fleck RJ. 1999. Temporal, Spatial, and Compositional Constraints on Extension-Related Volcanism in Central Death Valley, California. Pages 27-28. In Slate JL (ed): Proceedings of Conference on Status of Geologic Research and Mapping in Death Valley National Park. Las Vegas, NV. April 9-11, 1999. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey. Denver, CO. Open-File Report 99-153. Open-File Report 99-153
Describes Neogene volcanism in central Death Valley (12-0.7 Ma) that accompanied by large-scale regional extension. Such extension was accommodated in part by regional low-angle faulting, extensive footwall uplift, and significant displacement along northwest-trending strike-slip faults.
- Type
- Conference Proceeding Paper
- Authors
- Thompson, R.; Wright, L.; Johnson, C.; Fleck, R.
- Units
- DEVA , HIST
- Keywords
- basaltic lava, California, Compositional, Constraint, Death Valley, Death Valley National Park, ehistory, Extension, Geology, History, Physical Sciences, regional extension, spatial, Temporal, Volcanism