Mesozoic and Cenozoic faulting imaged at the epicenter of the 1886 Charleston, South Carolina, earthquake

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2533-2542

  Chapman, M C ^a   Beale, J N ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ATTENUATION CORRECTIONS; CENOZOIC; EPICENTRAL AREAS; FILTERING; GEOMETRICAL SPREADING; GROUND SURFACES; REPROCESSING; RESIDUAL STATIC CORRECTIONS; SEISMIC ACTIVITIES; SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES; SHAKING EFFECTS; SHALLOW CRUSTS; SOUTH CAROLINA; VELOCITY ANALYSES; VERTICAL FAULTS;

SEISMOLOGY;

CENOZOIC; DECONVOLUTION; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULTING; MESOZOIC; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

ASHLEY RIVER; AUSTRALASIA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; CHARLESTON; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; SOUTH ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54949095381     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120080923     Document Type: Article

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