Characterization of the Monument Hill fault system and implications for the active tectonics of the Red Rock Valley, Southwestern Montana

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1339-1352

  Regalla, Christine A ^a   Anastasio, David J ^a   Pazzaglia, Frank J ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Basin and Range; Montana; Tectonic geomorphology

Indexed keywords

ANTICLINAL ACCOMODATION ZONE; SURFACE RUPTURES;

EARTHQUAKES; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

BASIN EVOLUTION; DRAINAGE BASIN; FAULT ZONE; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRABEN; PLEISTOCENE; RUPTURE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; RED ROCK VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547673684     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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