Constraints on the location of the Late Quaternary Reelfoot and New Madrid North Faults in the northern New Madrid Seismic Zone, central United States

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 772-789

  Baldwin, J N ^a   Harris, J B ^b   Van Arsdale, R B ^c   Givler, R ^a   Kelson, K I ^a   Sexton, J L ^d   Lake, M ^d  

^a William Lettis and Associates Inc   (United States)

^b MILLSAPS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c University of Memphis   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 31544445776     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.76.6.772     Document Type: Article

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