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Evidence for 40–41 km of dextral slip on the southern Death Valley fault: Implications for the Eastern California shear zone and extensional tectonics

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Recognition of a pair of pre-Neogene markers together with analysis of published data indicate ∼40 km of dextral slip across the southern Death Valley fault zone, California, USA. Stratigraphic overlaps on fault rocks indicate much of the dextral slip predates the late Miocene, placing a significant fraction of the dextral slip in the same time window as regional extension and challenging interpretations that the modern strike-slip system became active post-6-3 Ma. However, these results are consistent with regional evidence that dextral transtension began by ca. 12 Ma.

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hal-03233678 , version 1 (25-05-2021)

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Terry L Pavlis, Ghislain Trullenque. Evidence for 40–41 km of dextral slip on the southern Death Valley fault: Implications for the Eastern California shear zone and extensional tectonics. Geology, 2021, 49 (7), pp.767-772. ⟨10.1130/g48528.1⟩. ⟨hal-03233678⟩
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