Geophysical setting of the Wabash Valley fault system

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 567-585

  Hildenbrand, Thomas G ^a   Ravat, Dhananjay ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; FAULTING; GRAVITY SURVEY; MAGNETIC SURVEY; TECTONICS;

USA, ILLINOIS BASIN;

EID: 0031457664     PISSN: 00128287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.68.4.567     Document Type: Article

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