As Much as 20 Percent of the Relative Motion Between

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As much as 20 percent of the relative motion between the Pacific and North American plates may be accommodated by the extensional stretching of the Basin and Range province,leaving numerous north-south-oriented mountain ranges separated by down-dropped,sediment-filled basins.

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