Hotspot origin of the Mississippi embayment and its possible impact on contemporary seismicity

Engineering Geology

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 201-216

  Cox, R T ^a,b   Van Arsdale, R B ^b  

^a ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bermuda hotspot; Cretaceous; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LITHOLOGY;

BERMUDA HOTSPOT; CONTEMPORARY SEISMICITY; CRETACEOUS MAGMATISM;

TECTONICS;

HOT SPOT; MAGMATISM; SEISMICITY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS; UPLIFT;

USA, MISSISSIPPI EMBAYMENT;

EID: 0031182198     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7952(97)00003-3     Document Type: Article

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