Empirical observations regarding reverse earthquakes, blind thrust faults, and quaternary deformation: Are blind thrust faults truly blind?

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1171-1198

  Lettis, William R ^a   Wells, Donald L ^b   Baldwin, John N ^a  

^a William Lettis and Associates Inc   (United States)

^b Geomatrix Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLIND THRUST FAULT; EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; SEISMIC RISK; THRUST FAULT;

EID: 0031411240     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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