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

本文是对东北莫哈韦沙漠晚新生代构造、地质年代学和古地磁的综合研究。该地区的主要断层是左旋和东向的，不像莫哈韦的其他地区是北西向的右旋走滑断层。这项研究将确定两个断层系统的相对重要性和时间。该结果将提供莫哈韦地块与盆地和山脉省变形之间相互作用的信息，并将提供沿板块边界带发生的机械过程的重要约束。

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.