Spatial and temporal characteristics of paleoseismic features in the southern terminus of the New Madrid seismic zone in eastern Arkansas

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 502-511

  Al Shukri, Haydar J ^a   Lemmer, Robert E ^b   Mahdi, Hanan H ^a   Connelly, Jeffrey B ^a  

^a University of Arkansas   (United States)

^b Leighton and Associates Inc   (United States)

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EID: 24044433956     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.76.4.502     Document Type: Article

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