Structural underpinnings and neotectonics of the Southern Illinois Basin: An overview

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 499-510

  Kolata, Dennis R ^a   Hildenbrand, Thomas G ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEOTECTONICS; PALAEOSEISMICITY; RIFT; SEISMICITY; TECTONICS;

USA, ILLINOIS BASIN;

EID: 0031459874     PISSN: 00128287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.68.4.499     Document Type: Review

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