Paleoseismic study of the South Lajas fault: First documentation of an onshore Holocene fault in Puerto Rico

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 385, Issue , 2005, Pages 215-222

  Prentice, Carol S ^a   Mann, Paul ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Active fault; Paleoseismology; Puerto Rico; Seismic hazard

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; LANDFORMS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

ACTIVE FAULT; HOLOCENE DISPLACEMENTS; PALEOSEISMOLOGY; PUERTO RICO; RADIOCARBON ANALYSIS; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARDS; STRIKE-SLIP MOTION;

FAULT SLIPS;

ACTIVE FAULT; FAULT ZONE; HOLOCENE; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; PALEOSEISMICITY; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC PLATE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; LAJAS VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 73849151845     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2385-X.215     Document Type: Article

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