Localization of listric faults at thrust fault ramps beneath the Great Salt Lake Basin, Utah: Evidence from seismic imaging and finite element modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 10047-10063

  Mohapatra, Gopal K ^a,b   Johnson, Roy A ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTENSION; LISTRIC FAULT; TERTIARY; THRUST FAULT;

GREAT SALT LAKE BASIN; USA; UTAH;

EID: 0032503180     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb00023     Document Type: Article

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