Furnace Creek Fault Zone

The Furnace Creek Fault Zone (FCFZ) is a geological fault that is located in Eastern California and southwestern Nevada. The right lateral-moving (dextral)[1] fault extends for some 200 km (120 mi) between a connection with the Death Valley Fault Zone in the Amargosa Valley and northward to a termination in the Fish Lake Valley of southwest Nevada. The northern segment of the FCFZ is also referred to as the Fish Lake Valley Fault Zone. The FCFZ is considered an integral part of the Walker Lane.[2]

The Furnace Creek Fault Zone in eastern California

References

"Furnace Creek fault zone (Class A) No. 144". Quaternary Fault and Fold Database of the United States. United States Geological Survey. 5 April 2002.
Kurt L. Frankel; James F. Dolan; Robert C. Finkel; Lewis A. Owen; Jeffrey S. Hoeft (19 September 2007), "Spatial variations in slip rate along the Death Valley-Fish Lake Valley fault system determined from LiDAR topographic data and cosmogenic10Be geochronology", Geophysical Research Letters, 34 (18), Bibcode:2007GeoRL..3418303F, doi:10.1029/2007GL030549, Wikidata Q94763726

Baucke, W.; Cemen, I., Strike-Slip displacement along the Furnace Creek Fault Zone, southern Basins and Ranges, Death Valley, California, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007, abstract #T31C-0594

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[1] "Furnace Creek fault zone (Class A) No. 144". Quaternary Fault and Fold Database of the United States. United States Geological Survey. 5 April 2002.

[2] Kurt L. Frankel; James F. Dolan; Robert C. Finkel; Lewis A. Owen; Jeffrey S. Hoeft (19 September 2007), "Spatial variations in slip rate along the Death Valley-Fish Lake Valley fault system determined from LiDAR topographic data and cosmogenic10Be geochronology", Geophysical Research Letters, 34 (18), Bibcode:2007GeoRL..3418303F, doi:10.1029/2007GL030549, Wikidata Q94763726

Seismically active fault zones and tectonic blocks of California
Statewide Faults	San Andreas Fault
Southern California	Brawley Seismic Zone Chino Fault Elsinore Fault Zone Elysian Park Fault Garlock Fault Hollywood fault Hosgri Fault Imperial Fault Zone Laguna Salada Fault Newport–Inglewood Fault Peninsular Ranges Puente Hills Fault Raymond Fault Rose Canyon Fault Salton Trough Salinian Block San Cayetano Fault San Felipe Fault Zone San Gabriel Fault San Jacinto Fault Zone Santa Maria River Fault Santa Ynez Fault Shoreline Fault Sierra Madre Fault Zone Ventura Fault White Wolf Fault Whittier Fault Yorba Linda Fault
Northern California	Bartlett Springs Fault Calaveras Fault Clayton-Marsh Creek-Greenville Fault Concord Fault Hayward Fault Zone Healdsburg Fault Maacama Fault Mendocino Fracture Zone Mendocino Triple Junction Mount Diablo Thrust Fault Monta Vista Fault Nacimiento Fault Pleasanton Fault Rinconada Fault San Gregorio Fault San Pablo Fault Seal Cove Fault Serra Fault Silver Creek Fault Tesla Fault West Napa Fault
Sierra Nevada	Death Valley Fault Zone Furnace Creek Fault Zone Honey Lake Fault Zone Kern Canyon Fault Maria fold and thrust belt Owens Valley Fault Rescue Lineament-Bear Mountains fault zone Sierra Nevada Batholith Sierra Nevada Fault Sierra Nevada-Great Valley Block Smartville Block Walker Lane
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