Seismic reflection images beneath Puget Sound, western Washington State: The Puget Lowland thrust sheet hypothesis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 27469-27489

  Pratt, Thomas L ^a   Johnson, Samuel ^b   Potter, Christopher ^b   Stephenson, William ^b   Finn, Carol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMICITY; THRUST;

USA, WASHINGTON, PUGET SOUND;

EID: 0031433744     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb01830     Document Type: Article

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