Structural analysis and fault segment boundary identification along the Hurricane fault in southwestern Utah

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1017-1029

  Stewart, Meg E ^a,b   Taylor, Wanda J ^b  

^a University of Nevada ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GEOMETRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT SCARP MORPHOLOGY; FAULT SEGMENT BOUNDARY IDENTIFICATION; HURRICANE FAULT; QUATERNARY DISPLACEMENT; SHORTENING STRUCTURES; SLICKENLINES; SLIP DIRECTION; STRATIGRAPHIC SEPARATION;

TECTONICS;

FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT SCARP MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL FAULT; SEGMENT BOUNDARY; SEGMENTATION; SLIP DIRECTION;

USA, UTAH, HURRICANE FAULT;

EID: 0030210095     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8141(96)00036-3     Document Type: Article

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