Surface faulting of the 1954 Fairview Peak (MS 7.2) and dixie valley (MS 6.8) earthquakes, central Nevada

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 761-787

  Caskey, S J ^a   Wesnousky, S G ^a   Zhang, P ^b   Slemmons, D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIXIE VALLEY EARTHQUAKE 1954; FAIRVIEW PEAK EARTHQUAKE 1954; FAULTING; RUPTURE PROPAGATION; SURFACE RUPTURE;

USA, NEVADA;

EID: 0030440533     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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