Neotectonic note: The Ruby-East Humboldt Range, Northeastern Nevada

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1345-1354

  Wesnousky, Steven G ^a   Willoughby, Chris H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

SURFACE RUPTURES;

SEISMOLOGY;

DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT GEOMETRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; NEOTECTONICS; QUATERNARY;

NEVADA; RUBY-EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042740394     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120020032     Document Type: Article

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