Faulting along the southern margin of Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 131-139

  Van Arsdale, Roy ^a   Purser, Jodi ^a   Stephenson, William ^b   Odum, Jack ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE POTENTIAL; FAULT ZONE; MAINSHOCK; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC ZONE;

USA, TENNESSEE, REELFOOT LAKE;

EID: 0031709531     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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