Estimated magnitudes and accelerations associated with prehistoric earthquakes in the Wabash Valley region of the central United States

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 611-623

  Pond, Eric C ^a   Martin, James R ^b  

^a Western Technologies Inc   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; LIQUEFACTION; PALAEOEARTHQUAKE; PALAEOSEISMICITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

USA, ILLINOIS BASIN;

EID: 0031442723     PISSN: 00128287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.68.4.611     Document Type: Article

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