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Tectonics of the Jemez lineament in the Jemez Mountains and Rio Grande rift

Journal Article · · J. Geophys. Res.; (United States)

The Jemez lineament is a NE trending crystal flaw that controlled volcanism and tectonism in the Jemez Mountains and the Rio Grande rift zone. The fault system associated with the lineament in the rift zone includes, from west to east, the Jemez fault zone southwest of Valles-Toledo caldera complex, a series of NE trending faults on the resurgent dome in the Valles caldera, a structural discontinuity with a high fracture intensity in the NE Jemez Mountains, and the Embudo fault zone in the Espanola Basin.

Research Organization:
Division of Earth and Space Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico
OSTI ID:
5940288
Journal Information:
J. Geophys. Res.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Geophys. Res.; (United States) Vol. 91:B2; ISSN JGREA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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