Rare, large earthquakes at the laramide deformation front - Colorado (1882) and Wyoming (1984)

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1804-1819

  Spence, William ^b   Langer, C J ^a,b   Choy, George L ^b  

^a Box 2354 ^*  (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; HISTORICAL SEISMICITY; LARAMIDE DEFORMATION FRONT;

USA, COLORADO; USA, WYOMING;

EID: 0030391313     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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