Collaborative Research: Dynamics of Intraplate Fault Systems in the Northern Basin and Range Province

9902968李对一个长期的、相对离散的、快速移动的板块边界断裂带的应变积累和释放的比较，使人们对日本和加州沿海等构造环境中板块相互作用的动力学有了相当深入的了解。然而，很少有人知道的动力学扩散板内断层系统。 正在进行的调查提供了跨盆地和内华达州中部和东部范围的当代应变积累的措施，该项目将获得同一地区晚第四纪应变释放的精确年表。 这两个数据集的比较应该提供一个测试，以及这种方法可以应用于板内系统，并应有助于了解盆地和山脉断裂的动力学。

9902968LeeComparison of strain accumulation and release a long relatively discrete, rapidly moving plate boundary fault zones has led to considerable insights into the dynamics of plate interactions in tectonic situation such as Japan and coastal California. However, less is known about dynamics of diffuse intraplate fault systems. Ongoing investigations are providing measures of contemporary strain accumulation across the Basin and range of central and Eastern Nevada and this project will obtain a precise chronology of late quaternary strain release in the same area. Comparison of the two date's sets should provide a test of how well this method can be applied to an intraplate system and should help understand the dynamics of Basin and Range faulting.