Interpretation of the Seattle uplift, Washington, as a passive-roof duplex

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1379-1401

  Brocher, Thomas M ^a   Blakely, Richard J ^a   Wells, Ray E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SOILS;

SEATTLE UPLIFT; SEISMIC LINES; THRUST FAULTS;

SEISMOLOGY;

FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; HOLOCENE; SEISMIC DATA; THRUST FAULT; UPLIFT;

NORTH AMERICA; SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7244240829     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/012003190     Document Type: Article

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