Cenozoic Basin and Range Structure Near Yerington, Nevada

目前的一个假设是，在盆地和山脉省， 在美国西部， 脆性正断层作用，而下地壳则经历了 延性拉伸 地震研究表明， 然而，在内华达州西部，整个地壳变薄到20- 30公里 上地壳的相应数据是不完整的。 这个项目 将扩大以前的研究脆性延伸在 Yerington地区通过记录上地壳延伸通过 耶灵顿地区到步行者巷。 结果将被整合 通过对现代延伸的地球物理和新构造研究， 预计将产生改进的模型， 大陆地壳伸展

A current hypothesis is that in the Basin and Range Province in the Western United States the upper crust has been thinned by brittle normal faulting, whereas the lower crust has undergone ductile stretching. Seismic studies have indicated that the entire crust is thinned to 20-30km in western Nevada, however equivalent data on the upper crust are incomplete. This project will expand on prior studies of brittle extension in the Yerington area by documenting upper crustal extension through the Yerington area to the Walker Lane. Results will be integrated with geophysical and neotectonic studies of modern extension and are expected to yield improved models for the evolution of continental crustal extension.