Deep faulting and structural reactivation beneath the southern Illinois basin

Precambrian Research

Volumn 157, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 289-313

  McBride, John H ^a   Leetaru, Hannes E ^b   Bauer, Robert A ^b   Tingey, Brady E ^a   Schmidt, Stephanie E A ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Faulting; Illinois basin; Reactivation; Seismic reflection

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; FAULTING; PRECAMBRIAN; RIFT ZONE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRATIGRAPHY;

ILLINOIS BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WABASH BASIN;

EID: 34447336967     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.02.020     Document Type: Article

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