The Wasatch fault zone, utah-segmentation and history of Holocene earthquakes

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 137-149

  Machette, Michael N ^a   Personius, Stephen F ^a   Nelson, Alan R ^a   Schwartz, David P ^b   Lund, William R ^c  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Utah Geological and Mineral Survey ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE NORMAL FAULT; BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; FAULT SEGMENTATION; FAULT SLIP; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE EARTHQUAKE; PALAEOSEISMOLOGICAL DATA; SEGMENTATION; SEISMICITY; SLIP RATE;

USA, UTAH, WASATCH FAULT ZONE;

EID: 0026004846     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8141(91)90062-N     Document Type: Article

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