Active faulting and seismicity in a prefractured terrane: Grand Canyon, Arizona

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1561-1566

  Brumbaugh, David S ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FRACTURE; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

ACTIVE FAULTING; PREFRACTURED TERRANE; SEISMICITY; SURFACE ROCKS;

SEISMOLOGY;

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT SLIP; SEISMICITY;

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

EID: 24944586882     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120040096     Document Type: Article

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