Abstract
We used MSS-Landsat images (bands 6 and 7) as well as previous studies to interpret fault patterns in western Oregon in terms of the rotations detected by paleomagnetism. These fault zones show a great concentration between the Cascade Range and the Idaho Batholite and have several distinct trends. The north-south striking structures are attributed to the Basin and Range province, while the large NW-SE right-lateral fault zones are interpreted as resulting from an extension between the Cascades Arc and the Olympic-Wallowa lineament. The latter was a paleoplate boundary during pre-Eocene times. This extension, beginning during Late Eocene/Oligocene times and continuing through Recent times, is accompanied by a migration of the rotation pole from southeast to northwest, and by a clockwise rotation of the Coast Range—Klamath Mountains—Cascade Range block, induced by the subduction of the Farallon plate.
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