Intraplate extensional tectonics of the eastern Basin‐Range: Inferences on structural style from seismic reflection data, regional tectonics, and thermal‐mechanical …

RB Smith, RL Bruhn - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 1984 - Wiley Online Library
The general lack of a correlation between earthquakes and surface faulting in the interior of
the western US cordillera has motivated our efforts to evaluate the geometry, structural style …

A methodology for probabilistic fault displacement hazard analysis (PFDHA)

RR Youngs, WJ Arabasz, RE Anderson… - Earthquake …, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
We present a methodology for conducting a site-specific probabilistic analysis of fault
displacement hazard. Two approaches are outlined. The first relates the occurrence of fault …

Fracturing and hydrothermal alteration in normal fault zones

RL Bruhn, WT Parry, WA Yonkee… - Pure and applied …, 1994 - Springer
Large normal fault zones are characterized by intense fracturing and hydrothermal
alteration. Displacement is localized in a slip zone of cataclasite, breccia and phyllonite …

Field and geochemical data bearing on the development of a Mesozoic volcano-tectonic rift zone and back-arc basin in southernmost South America

RL Bruhn, CR Stern, MJ De Wit - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 1978 - Elsevier
A broad zone of dominantly subaerial silicic volcanism associated with regional extensional
faulting developed in southern South America during the Middle Jurassic …

Deformation during terrane accretion in the Saint Elias orogen, Alaska

RL Bruhn, TL Pavlis, G Plafker… - Geological Society of …, 2004 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Saint Elias orogen of southern Alaska and adjacent Canada is a complex belt
of mountains formed by collision and accretion of the Yakutat terrane into the transition zone …

Internal structure, fault rocks, and inferences regarding deformation, fluid flow, and mineralization in the seismogenic Stillwater normal fault, Dixie Valley, Nevada

JS Caine, RL Bruhn, CB Forster - Journal of Structural Geology, 2010 - Elsevier
Outcrop mapping and fault-rock characterization of the Stillwater normal fault zone in Dixie
Valley, Nevada are used to document and interpret ancient hydrothermal fluid flow and its …

Tectonic processes during oblique collision: Insights from the St. Elias orogen, northern North American Cordillera

TL Pavlis, C Picornell, L Serpa, RL Bruhn, G Plafker - Tectonics, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Oblique convergence in the St. Elias orogen of southern Alaska and northwestern Canada
has constructed the world's highest coastal mountain range and is the principal driver …

Fluid permeability of deformable fracture networks

SR Brown, RL Bruhn - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
We consider the problem of defining the fracture permeability tensor for each grid block in a
rock mass from maps of natural fractures. For this purpose we implement a statistical model …

Laboratory characterization of hydromechanical properties of a seismogenic normal fault system

B Seront, TF Wong, JS Caine, CB Forster… - Journal of structural …, 1998 - Elsevier
The Stillwater seismogenic normal fault in Dixie Valley, Nevada has been historically active
and is located in an area of high heat flow and hydrothermal activity. Three primary structural …

Tectonic relations of South Georgia Island to the southernmost Andes

IWD Dalziel, RH Dott Jr… - Geological Society of …, 1975 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Rocks on South Georgia Island at the eastern end of the North Scotia Ridge are no
older than late Mesozoic. The Cumberland Bay and Sandebugten graywacke and mudstone …