Paleoseismology and neotectonics of the Shivwits section of the Hurricane Fault, northwestern Arizona

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1919-1942

  Amoroso, Lee ^a   Pearthree, Philip A ^b   Arrowsmith, J Ramón ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Arizona Geological Survey   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HAZARDS; HURRICANES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; TECTONICS;

GEOMORPHIC MODELING; RADIOCARBON; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SLIP RATES;

SEISMOLOGY;

FAULT; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMIC HAZARD;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12144282254     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/012003241     Document Type: Article

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