Panamint Valley fault zone
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The Panamint Valley fault zone is a major strike-slip fault system in eastern California that accommodates significant crustal deformation and helps shape the tectonically active Panamint Valley region.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Homestead Valley fault | 1 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geologic fault
ⓘ
strike-slip fault zone ⓘ tectonic structure ⓘ |
| accommodates | crustal deformation ⓘ |
| activity | historically active in late Quaternary ⓘ |
| age | Quaternary activity ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Death Valley region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Panamint Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controls | tectonic evolution of Panamint Valley ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deforms | Quaternary deposits ⓘ |
| evidence |
displaced geomorphic surfaces
ⓘ
fault scarps ⓘ offset alluvial fans ⓘ |
| faultType | right-lateral strike-slip fault ⓘ |
| forms | western boundary of Panamint Valley ⓘ |
| geomorphicExpression | linear valleys and aligned basins ⓘ |
| influences | topography of Panamint Valley ⓘ |
| kinematics | oblique right-lateral and normal motion ⓘ |
| linkedTo | regional plate-boundary deformation ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Basin and Range Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Inyo County, California ⓘ Panamint Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
eastern California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | right-lateral strike-slip displacement ⓘ |
| orientation | northwest–southeast trend ⓘ |
| parallelTo | Death Valley fault zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | eastern California shear zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Mojave Desert–Basin and Range transition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Basin and Range extension
ⓘ
distributed shear in eastern California ⓘ |
| role | accommodates significant crustal deformation in eastern California ⓘ |
| seismicHazard | potential source of damaging earthquakes ⓘ |
| separates | Panamint Range from valley floor ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
seismologists
ⓘ
structural geologists ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | Pacific–North America plate boundary region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Homestead Valley fault