Archived report (descriptions no longer maintained)
Furnace Creek fault zone (Class A) No. 144
Last Review Date: 2002-04-05
Compiled in cooperation with the California Geological Survey
| County(s) and State(s) |
INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA |
| Physiographic province(s) |
BASIN AND RANGE |
| Reliability of location |
Good Compiled at 1:100,000 scale. |
| Length (km) | 39 km. |
| Average strike | N50°W |
| Sense of movement | Right lateral |
| Dip | 45° to 70° SW |
| Historic earthquake | |
| Most recent prehistoric deformation | undifferentiated Quaternary (<1.6 Ma) |
| Slip-rate category | Less than 0.2 mm/yr |
| References |
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