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Structural Evolution And Regional Implications Of The Arrowhead Mine Fault Within The Pahranagat Shear Zone, Nevada, Usa, Michael Dennis Evans
Structural Evolution And Regional Implications Of The Arrowhead Mine Fault Within The Pahranagat Shear Zone, Nevada, Usa, Michael Dennis Evans
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The Basin and Range province is characterized by normal faults associated with
extension, but the occurrence of strike-slip faults and the seismic hazard accompanying
them is less understood. One major strike-slip zone, the Pahranagat shear zone (PSZ),
lies in Lincoln County, Nevada and within the boundary zone between northern Basin
and Range (NBR) and central Basin and Range (CBR) sub-provinces. The PSZ is a 20-
25 km long zone of Cenozoic left-lateral faults. The Arrowhead Mine Fault (AMF) is one
of the three major faults in the PSZ. The western AMF and the faults that surround and
abut it are …