Neotectonics of the southern Amargosa Desert, Nye County, Nevada and Inyo County, California
Description:
A complex pattern of active faults occurs in the southern Amargosa Desert, southern Nye, County, Nevada. These faults can be grouped into three main fault systems: (1) a NE-striking zone of faults that forms the southwest extension of the left-lateral Rock Valley fault zone, in the much larger Spotted Range-Mine Mountain structural zone, (2) a N-striking fault zone coinciding with a NNW-trending alignment of springs that is either a northward continuation of a fault along the west side of the R…
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Date:
May 1, 1991
Creator:
Donovan, D.E.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department