An elastic wedge model for the development of coeval normal and thrust faulting in the Mauna Loa-Kilauea rift system in Hawaii

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B11, 2000, Pages 25909-25925

  Yin, An ^a,b   Kelty, T K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; HOT SPOT; NORMAL FAULT; RIFT ZONE; THRUST FAULT; VOLCANO;

HAWAII; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034524437     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900247     Document Type: Article

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