Large-magnitude, late Holocene earthquakes on the Genoa fault, West-Central Nevada and Eastern California

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1458-1472

  Ramelli, Alan R ^a   Bell, John W ^a   DePolo, Craig M ^a   Yount, James C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT SCARP; FAULT SLIP; HOLOCENE; NORMAL FAULT; PALEOSEISMICITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033503985     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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