Geophysical Test of Low-Angle Dip on the Seismogenic Dixie Valley Fault, Nevada

9706255路易关于在中等到浅层深度产生区域范围广泛的大型伸展断层的可能性存在着巨大的争论。事实上，大多数浅层断层可以通过各种方法显示为陡峭的倾角。这项研究已经确定Dixie山谷断裂系统具有很高的活动和浅层潜力，所收集的数据应该能够区分相互竞争的假说。如果断裂能够显示为活动的、低倾角的，它将对伸展体制下的活动变形和古变形模式产生重大影响。

9706255 Louie There is a large debate over the possibility of generating regionally extensive, large-magnitude extensional faults at moderate to shallow depths. Indeed, most shallow faults can be shown from a variety of methods to be steeply dipping. This study has identified the Dixie Valley fault system as having a high potential to be active and shallow, and the data to be collected should be able to discriminate between competing hypotheses. If the fault can be shown to be active and of low dip, it will have a significant impact on the models of both active and ancient deformation in extensional regimes.