Table of Contents
Title page . . . i
Acknowledgements . . . ii
Abstract. . . iv
Table of Contents . . . vi
Chapter 1. Structure and history of the Kern Canyon fault system: introduction and thesis overview . . . 1
Chapter 2. Chronology of pluton emplacement and regional deformation in the southern Sierra Nevada batholith, California. . . 8
References . . . 46
Figure List . . . 54
Figures . . . 56
Table . . . 69
Chapter 3. Petrochemical tracers of early displacement along the Kern Canyon fault system, Sierra Nevada batholith, California . . . 75
References . . . 106
Figure List . . . 115
Figures . . . 118
Table . . . 127
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Chapter 4. Proto-Kern Canyon fault, the northern segment: a structural analysis . . . . 128
References . . . 158
Figure List . . . 162
Figures . . . 166
Table . . . 188
Chapter 5. Displacement, flow stress, and strain rates along the middle segment of the Proto-Kern Canyon Fault . . . 191
References . . . 201
Figure List . . . 203
Figures . . . 204
Table . . . 207
Chapter 6. Assessment of Neogene and Quaternary activity along the Kern Canyon fault, southern Sierra Nevada, California . . . 208
References . . . 240
Figure List . . . 247
Figures . . . 249
Appendix 1. Chronology of pluton emplacement and regional deformation in the southern Sierra Nevada batholith, California - supplementary data and discussions. . . 258
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Appendix 2. Values, sample locations, and references for geochemical data sets from the Sierra Nevada batholith.
A. Initial Strontium (Sri) . . . 269 B. Aluminum-in-hornblende. . . 280
Plate 1. Geologic Map of Metamorphic Pendant Rocks and Their Bounding Igneous Intrusions, Walker Basin to Durrwood Creek, Kern County, Sierra Nevada, California . . . .. . . 289
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