Normal Faulting and Lateral Shear in Northeastern California

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Research Article| April 01, 1969 Normal Faulting and Lateral Shear in Northeastern California ROBERT W PEASE ROBERT W PEASE Department of Geography, University of California, Riverside, California Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information ROBERT W PEASE Department of Geography, University of California, Riverside, California Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 21 Nov 1968 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2674 Print ISSN: 0016-7606 Copyright © 1969, The Geological Society of America, Inc. Copyright is not claimed on any material prepared by U.S. government employees within the scope of their employment. GSA Bulletin (1969) 80 (4): 715–720. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1969)80[715:NFALSI]2.0.CO;2 Article history Received: 21 Nov 1968 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation ROBERT W PEASE; Normal Faulting and Lateral Shear in Northeastern California. GSA Bulletin 1969;; 80 (4): 715–720. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1969)80[715:NFALSI]2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract Extension of the Earth's crust is necessarily related to normal faulting. Causes of the necessary extension are obscure, however, and have been the subject of a variety of explanations. In northeastern California there is strong indication that the extension is the product of deep-seated right-lateral shear deformation related to the Walker Lane. Tectonic evidence, sharply etched in volcanic materials, suggests that (1) in a broad zone of lateral shear, normal faulting is due to the dynamic tension of the shear deformation and will differ in nature from that produced by compressive stress fields, and (2) an older set of Walker Lane lineaments exists which has been rotated away from present lateral stress and is now under constructional controls. Northeastern California provides evidence for the hypothesis suggested by Wise in 1963. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.