Death Valley–Furnace Creek fault system
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The Death Valley–Furnace Creek fault system is a major right-lateral strike-slip fault zone in eastern California that accommodates significant crustal deformation within the Basin and Range Province.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fault system
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right-lateral strike-slip fault ⓘ transform-type plate boundary fault ⓘ |
| accommodates |
crustal deformation
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right-lateral shear between Pacific Plate and North American Plate interior ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Death Valley
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Furnace Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ en echelon fault segments ⓘ normal faulting and extension ⓘ pull-apart basins ⓘ |
| category |
continental transform fault system
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seismically active fault system ⓘ |
| controls |
basin formation in Death Valley area
ⓘ
topography of Death Valley region ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| deformationStyle | brittle crustal deformation ⓘ |
| displacementType | dextral ⓘ |
| formsBoundaryOf |
Black Mountains (California)
NERFINISHED
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Death Valley graben NERFINISHED ⓘ Funeral Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicAge | main activity since late Cenozoic ⓘ |
| geologicProcess | accommodates extension and strike-slip shear in Basin and Range ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Death Valley fault zone
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Furnace Creek fault zone NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Death Valley fault zone NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Death Valley fault zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | named after Death Valley and Furnace Creek ⓘ |
| kinematics | oblique slip with strike-slip and normal components ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
Eastern California Shear Zone
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Garlock Fault NERFINISHED ⓘ Owens Valley fault zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Basin and Range Province
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Death Valley region NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
eastern California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movementType | right-lateral strike-slip ⓘ |
| near | Death Valley National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orientation | northwest–southeast trend ⓘ |
| partOf |
Eastern California Shear Zone
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Walker Lane belt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Pacific–North America plate boundary deformation
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regional uplift and subsidence patterns in Death Valley ⓘ |
| seismicHazard | source of moderate to large earthquakes ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
|
| tectonicSetting |
Basin and Range extensional province
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intraplate extensional regime ⓘ |
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