Upper crustal structure in Puget Lowland, Washington: Results from the 1998 Seismic Hazards Investigation in Puget Sound

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B7, 2001, Pages 13541-13564

  Brocher, Thomas M ^a   Parsons, Tom ^a   Blakely, Richard J ^a   Christensen, Nikolas I ^b   Fisher, Michael A ^a   Wells, Ray E ^a   Ten Brink, Uri S ^c   Pratt, Thomas L ^c,m   Crosson, Robert S ^d   Creager, Kenneth C ^d   Symons, Neill P ^e,n   Preston, Leiph A ^d   Van Wagoner, Thomas ^d   Miller, Kate C ^f   Snelson, Catherine M ^f   Tréhu, Anne M ^g   Langenheim, Victoria E ^a,c   Spence, George D ^h   Ramachandran, Kumar ^h   Hyndman, Roy A ⁱ   Mosher, David C ^j,l   Zelt, Barry C ^k   Weaver, Craig S ^c,d   more..

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^g OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

ⁱ PACIFIC GEOSCIENCE CENTRE   (Canada)

^j Atlantic Geoscience Centre   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^l GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁿ SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE; NATURAL HAZARD; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; UPPER CRUST;

PUGET LOWLAND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0034909818     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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