Age of unstable bedrock landforms southwest of yucca mountain, Nevada, and implications for past ground motions

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-86

  Stirling, Mark ^a   Ledgerwood, Janice ^b   Liu, Tanzhuo ^c   Apted, Michael ^d  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b Reedley College   (United States)

^c Monitor Scientific ^*  (United States)

^d Monitor Scientific LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATING TECHNIQUES; DEATH VALLEY; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE; EXPOSURE AGE; GROUND MOTIONS; MICROLAMINATION; MINIMAL DAMAGE; NUCLEAR BLASTS; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; RETURN PERIODS; SEISMIC EVENT; SEISMIC HAZARDS; STABILITY ASSESSMENT; TIME PERIODS; TIME-SCALES; UNCERTAINTY BOUNDS; WELDED TUFF; YUCCA MOUNTAIN; YUCCA MOUNTAIN , NEVADA;

DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIERS; EARTHQUAKES; PROGRAMMED CONTROL SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEM STABILITY;

LANDFORMS;

AGE DETERMINATION; BEDROCK; DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GROUND MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTCROP; PEAK ACCELERATION; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICITY;

AMARGOSA DESERT; NEVADA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 75649152068     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120080359     Document Type: Article

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