Structure of the eastern Seattle fault zone, Washington state: New insights from seismic reflection data

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1681-1695

  Liberty, Lee M ^a   Pratt, Thomas L ^b  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MODEL STRUCTURES; PARKS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY;

SEATTLE;

LAKES;

ANTICLINE; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; DIP-SLIP FAULT; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT ZONE; FOLDING; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SYNCLINE; THRUST FAULT; UPLIFT;

LAKE WASHINGTON; NORTH AMERICA; SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 50849134686     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120070145     Document Type: Article

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