Geophysical Constraints on Extensional Models for the Death Valley Region of California and Nevada

9405534路易这项研究将通过大小规模、多学科的地球物理调查来测试内华达州大盆地南部的新生代伸展模型。地球物理方法将勾勒出小型冲积和湖泊盆地的发展，这可能会限制区域构造活动的时间和性质。加州死亡谷以东盆地的地层学可能是伸展模式和时间的诊断。受速度结构的制约，这项研究将检验不同新生代构造模型所提出的地球物理和沉积特征。此外，这项研究将为本科生和研究生地质学课程提供地球物理现场经验，加强内华达大学、里诺大学和宾夕法尼亚州立大学的几个学位课程。***

9405534 Louie This research will test Cenozoic extension models for the southern Great Basin of Nevada with large- and small-scale, multidisciplinary geophysical investigations. Geophysical methods will outline the development of small alluvial and lacustrine basins, which can constrain the timing and nature of regional tectonic activity. The stratigraphy of basins east of Death Valley, California, may be diagnostic of the mode and timing of extension. Constrained by velocity structure, this research will test the geophysical and sedimentary features proposed by differing Cenozoic tectonic models. In addition, this research will provide geophysical field experience to undergraduate and graduate geological sciences classes, enhancing several degree programs at the University of Nevada, Reno, and Pennsylvania State University. ***