COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Geometry and Kinematics of Late Cenozoic Deformation in the Northeastern Mojave Desert

这是一个合作的结构，地质年代学和 东北部莫哈韦晚新生代构造的古地磁研究 沙漠 区内主要断裂为左旋和东向断裂， 不像其他的莫哈韦地区， 右旋走滑断层活动占优势。 本研究将确定 两个断层系统的相对重要性和时间性。 的 结果将提供关于以下因素之间相互作用的信息： 莫哈韦地块和盆地山脉的变形 省，并将提供重要的限制，机械 沿沿着板块边界带发生的过程。

This is a collaborative structural, geochronologic and paleomagnetic study of late Cenozoic tectonics in the NE Mojave desert. The major faults in this region are sinistral and east- trending, unlike in the rest of the Mojave where NW-trending, dextral, strike-slip faulting prevails. This study will determine the relative importance and timing of the two fault systems. The results will provide information on the interaction between deformation in the Mojave block and that in the Basin and Range province, and will provide important constraints on the mechanical processes that occur along plate boundary zones.