Geomorphic response to tectonically-induced ground deformation in the Wabash Valley

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 662-674

  Fraser, Gordon S ^a   Thompson, Todd A ^a   Olyphant, Greg A ^b   Furer, Lloyd ^a   Bennett, Steven W ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MIGRATION; DRAINAGE PATTERN; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT MOTION; GEOMORPHIC RESPONSE; INCISION; LIQUEFACTION; SEISMICITY; TECTONICS;

USA, ILLINOIS BASIN;

EID: 0031440651     PISSN: 00128287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.68.4.662     Document Type: Article

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