Active tectonics of the Seattle fault and central Puget sound, Washington - Implications for earthquake hazards

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1042-1053

  Johnson, Samuel Y ^a   Dadisman, Shawn V ^a   Childs, Jonathan R ^b   Stanley, William D ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; HAZARDS; SEISMIC WAVES; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CENTRAL PUGET SOUND; DISPLACEMENT RATE; EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS; QUATERNARY STRATA; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA; SHALLOW STRUCTURE;

FAULT SLIPS;

ACTIVE FAULT; NEOTECTONICS; SEISMIC HAZARD;

PUGET SOUND; SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0032750615     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<1042:ATOTSF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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