Neotectonic evolution and fault geometry change along a major extensional fault system in the Mission and Flathead Valleys, NW-Montana

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1244-1260

  Hofmann, Michael H ^a   Hendrix, Marc S ^a   Sperazza, Michael ^a   Moore, Johnnie N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

3.5 kHz High resolution seismic data; Extensional faulting; Holocene; Neotectonic; NW Montana; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL FAULTING; FAULT GEOMETRY; HIGH-RESOLUTION SEISMIC DATA; HOLOCENE; NEOTECTONIC EVOLUTION; PLEISTOCENE;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; MAPPING; SEISMOLOGY; STRAIN; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BASIN EVOLUTION; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT GEOMETRY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; HOLOCENE; NEOTECTONICS; PLATE MOTION; PLEISTOCENE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

FLATHEAD LAKE; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

KATHETOSTOMA GIGANTEUM;

EID: 33744970740     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2006.03.030     Document Type: Article

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