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Walker Lane is a linear north-northwest-trending
depression extending some 500 miles (800 km) north from the Garlock
Fault-Las Vegas area to south-central Oregon. Within it are
Walker, Goose, and Pyramid Lakes (shown on the tapestry). This
trough is part of the Walker Lane Fault Zone, a major tectonic
system that includes Owens and Death Valleys and several prominent
faults. It is the site of current earthquakes. Located at the
juncture of two contrasting tectonic styles, the Sierra
Nevada and the Basin
and Range, the Walker Lane region is deforming in a complex
way by both extensional and transcurrent (sliding) fault
movements.
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