New Madrid seismic zone fault geometry

Geosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 802-813

  Csontos, Ryan ^a   Van Arsdale, Roy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PLANE; FAULT ZONE; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; MISSOURI; NEW MADRID; NORTH AMERICA; REELFOOT RIFT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54749127471     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00141.1     Document Type: Article

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