An example of neotectonism in a continental interior - Thebes Gap, Midcontinent, United States

Tectonophysics

Volumn 305, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 399-417

  Harrison, Richard W ^a   Hoffman, David ^b   Vaughn, James D ^b   Palmer, James R ^b   Wiscombe, Christine L ^c   McGeehin, John P ^a   Stephenson, William J ^d   Odum, Jack K ^d   Williams, Robert A ^d   Forman, Steven L ^e  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Division of Geology and Land Survey   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental interior; Faults; Neotectonics; New Madrid; Thebes Gap

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL INTERIOR; COSEISMIC PROCESS; FAULT ZONE; NEOTECTONICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033541998     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00010-4     Document Type: Article

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