Earthquake magnitude potential of the intermountain seismic belt, USA, from surface-parameter scaling of late quaternary faults

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1487-1506

  Mason, David B ^a,b  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE POTENTIAL; FAULT; QUATERNARY; SURFACE RUPTURE PARAMETERS;

USA, WESTERN INTERIOR, INTERMOUNTAIN SEISMIC BELT;

EID: 0030436655     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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