Listric normal faulting on the Cascadia continental margin

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 12123-12138

  McNeill, Lisa C ^a   Piper, Kenneth A ^b   Goldfinger, Chris ^a   Kulm, LaVerne D ^a   Yeats, Robert S ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGINS; CONTINENTIAL MARGIN; FAULTS; LISTRIC FAULTING; LISTRIC NORMAL FAULTING; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

PACIFIC, CASCADIA MARGIN;

EID: 0030726571     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb00728     Document Type: Article

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