Saddle Mountain fault deformation zone, Olympic Peninsula, Washington: Western boundary of the Seattle uplift

Geosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-125

  Blakely, Richard J ^a   Sherrod, Brian L ^b   Hughes, Jonathan F ^b,d   Anderson, Megan L ^c   Wells, Ray E ^a   Weaver, Craig S ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE FRASER VALLEY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; HOLOCENE; LIDAR; MAGNETIC SURVEY; REVERSE FAULT; UPLIFT;

HOOD CANAL; OLYMPIC PENINSULA; PUGET LOWLAND; SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 77953977224     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00196.1     Document Type: Article

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