The Portland Hills Fault: Uncovering a hidden fault in Portland, Oregon using high-resolution geophysical methods

Tectonophysics

Volumn 368, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 89-103

  Liberty, Lee M ^a   Hemphill Haley, Mark A ^b   Madin, Ian P ^c  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries   (United States)

Author keywords

Active faults; High resolution geophysical methods; Neotectonics; Portland; Seismic surveys

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; FAULT; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; MAGNETIC METHOD; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC METHOD; URBAN AREA;

OREGON; PORTLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042244163     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00152-5     Document Type: Article

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