Holocene vertical displacement on the central segments of the Wasatch fault zone, Utah

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2918-2933

  DuRoss, Christopher B ^a  

^a UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC SLIPS; DATA FITS; DATA GAPS; FAULT ZONES; HOLOCENE; MOMENT MAGNITUDES; NATURAL VARIABILITIES; ROBUST TESTS; SEGMENT INTERACTIONS; SLIP MODELS; STRAIN RELEASE; VARIABLE DISPLACEMENTS; VARIABLE SLIPS; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

DISPLACEMENT; HOLOCENE; PALEOSEISMICITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEISMIC DATA; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WASATCH FAULT ZONE;

EID: 63149132085     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120080119     Document Type: Article

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