Upper crust beneath the central Illinois basin, United States

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 375-394

  McBride, John H ^a   Kolata, Dennis R ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; EARTHQUAKES; IGNEOUS ROCKS; REFLECTION; SEISMIC WAVES;

CLASTIC SEDIMENTS; CRUSTAL EARTHQUAKES; MULTIPLE HYPOTHESIS; NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONES; PRECAMBRIAN BASEMENT; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA; TECTONIC FRAMEWORK; TECTONIC REACTIVATION;

FAULTING;

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032971898     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<0375:ucbtci>2.3.co;2     Document Type: Article

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