Scientific overview and historical context of the 1811-1812 new Madrid earthquake sequence

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 523-537

  Hough, Susan E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Historic; Intraplate; New Madrid earthquakes

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; HISTORICAL RECORD; INTRAPLATE PROCESS;

NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7644238886     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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