Tomographic imaging of late Quaternary faulting, Oquirrh Mountains, Utah

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1-19

  Mattson, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Faults; Quaternary; Tomography

Indexed keywords

COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FAULTING; IMAGING METHOD; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; QUATERNARY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

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

EID: 14344265348     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003159     Document Type: Article

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