OpenAlex | Evidence for distributed clockwise rotation of the crust in the northwestern United States from fault geometries and focal mechanisms

Evidence for distributed clockwise rotation of the crust in the northwestern United States from fault geometries and focal mechanisms

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Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: Paleomagnetic and GPS data indicate that Washington and Oregon have rotated clockwise for the past 16 Myr. Late Cenozoic and Quaternary fault geometries, seismicity lineaments, and focal mechanisms p... more

Source: Tectonics

Authors Thomas M. Brocher, Ray E. Wells, Andrew P. Lamb, Craig S. Weaver

Institutions United States Geological Survey, Earth and Space Research, University of Washington

Cites: 81

Cited by: 27

Related to: 10

FWCI: 2.572

Citation percentile (by year/subfield): 88.27

Topic: earthquake and tectonic studies

Subfield: Geophysics

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Sustainable Development Goal Life below water

Open Access status: bronze

Funder U.S. Geological Survey