Seismicity and active faulting of the Kanab-Fredonia area of the southern Colorado Plateau

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Brumbaugh, David S ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; FAULTING; FOCAL MECHANISM; NORMAL FAULT; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMICITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

ARIZONA; COLORADO PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 55349085134     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005278     Document Type: Article

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