The Hyden fault scarp, Western Australia: Paleoseismic evidence for repeated Quaternary displacement in an intracratonic setting

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 379-395

  Clark, D ^a   Dentith, M ^b   Wyrwoll, K H ^b   Yanchou, L ^c   Dent, V ^b   Featherstone, W ^d  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hyden; Paleoseismology; Quaternary; Seismicity; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT SCARP; INTRACRATONIC BASIN; PALEOSEISMICITY; QUATERNARY; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SHAKING TABLE TEST; SLIP RATE; STRAIN;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 40849089376     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090701769498     Document Type: Article

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