Three-dimensional geometry of the reelfoot blind thrust: Implications for moment release and earthquake magnitude in the New Madrid seismic zone

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1563-1573

  Mueller, Karl ^a   Pujol, Jose ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; EARTHQUAKES; MAPPING; METHOD OF MOMENTS;

BLIND THRUST;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT GEOMETRY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC ZONE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; THRUST FAULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035725315     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120000276     Document Type: Article

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