Paleoseismicity of two historically quiescent faults in Australia: Implications for fault behavior in stable continental regions

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1913-1934

  Crone, Anthony J ^a   De Martini, Paolo M ^b   Machette, Michael N ^a   Okumura, Koji ^c   Prescott, John R ^d  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEOLOGY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRESSES;

CRATONIC FAULTS; QUIESCENT FAULTS;

SEISMOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT; PALEOSEISMICITY; QUATERNARY; SEISMIC QUIESCENCE; TECTONIC SETTING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0442313036     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120000094     Document Type: Article

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