The 25 March 1993 Scotts Mills, Oregon, earthquake and aftershock sequence: Spatial distribution, focal mechanisms, and the mount angel fault

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 925-935

  Thomas, G C ^a   Crosson, R S ^a   Carver, D L ^b   Yelin, T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE; MOUNT ANGEL FAULT; SCOTTS MILLS EARTHQUAKE 1993; SEISMIC HAZARD;

USA, OREGON, SCOTTS MILLS;

EID: 0030430683     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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