EarthScope instruments are measuring the motion of the Basin and Range Province. The mountains are rising about 0.3 mm per year, the Province is extending 5 cm per year.
This is slow motion, but still moving.
Moving to the Beat of a Different Drummer
Each arrow represents a speed (the length of the arrow) and direction (which way the arrow is pointing) that a single scientific GPS station has moved. The base of the arrow is the location of the moving GPS, and the head of the arrow is the direction it is moving.
Question
What might this region look like millions of years from now?
