Late Pleistocene and Holocene paleoseismology of an intraplate seismic zone in a large alluvial valley, the New Madrid seismic zone, Central USA

Tectonophysics

Volumn 408, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 237-264

  Guccione, Margaret J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Faulting; Folding; Liquefaction; New Madrid seismic zone; Paleoseismology

Indexed keywords

INTRAPLATE PROCESS; PALEOSEISMICITY; QUATERNARY; TECTONOPHYSICS;

NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 28044455868     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.05.046     Document Type: Article

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