The Furnace Creek Fault Zone (FCFZ) is a

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that is located in

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and southwestern Nevada. The right lateral-moving (dextral) fault extends for some between a connection with the Death Valley Fault Zone in the

Amargosa Valley The Amargosa Valley is the valley through which the Amargosa River flows south, in Nye County, southwestern Nevada and Inyo County in the state of California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies ...

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 The Walker Lane is a geologic trough roughly aligned with the California/Nevada border southward to where Death Valley intersects the Garlock Fault, a major left lateral, or sinistral, strike-slip fault. The north-northwest end of the Walker ...

References

Additional reading

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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