Fault interaction and along-strike variation in throw in the Pajarito fault system, Rio Grande rift, New Mexico

Geosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 252-269

  Lewis, Claudia J ^a   Gardner, Jamie N ^a,c   Schultz Fellenz, Emily S ^a   Lavine, Alexis ^a,d   Reneau, Steven L ^a   Olig, Susan ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Gardner Geoscience   (United States)

^d Geomatrix Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FOLD; FRACTURE; NORMAL FAULT; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC MOMENT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

NEW MEXICO; PAJARITO PLATEAU; RIO GRANDE RIFT; UNITED STATES;

HYPORHAMPHUS HILDEBRANDI; LEUCAENA DIVERSIFOLIA;

EID: 77954026700     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00198.1     Document Type: Article

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