Shallow subsurface structure of the Wasatch fault, Provo segment, Utah, from integrated compressional and shear-wave seismic reflection profiles with implications for fault structure and development

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1800-1814

  McBride, John H ^a   Stephenson, William J ^b   Williams, Robert A ^b   Odum, Jack K ^b   Worley, David M ^b   South, John V ^a,c   Brinkerhoff, A Riley ^a,d   Keach, R William II ^a   Okojie Ayoro, Anita O ^a,e  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Fronterra Geosciences   (United States)

^d Questar Market Resources   (United States)

^e WESTERNGECO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK STRUCTURES; COMPLEX DEFORMATION; COMPRESSIONAL; CROSS SECTION; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT ORIENTATIONS; FAULT STRUCTURE; FAULT ZONE; GEOLOGIC MAPPING; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NEAR-SURFACE; NORMAL FAULTS; RIGID BEDROCK; SEISMIC DATAS; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC REFLECTION IMAGING; SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES; SEISMIC SECTIONS; SEISMIC SURVEYS; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SHALLOW SUBSURFACE; SURFACE MAPPING; TECTONIC MOVEMENTS; TERRAIN ANALYSIS; URBAN AREAS; VIBROSEIS;

DEFORMATION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HAZARDS; MAPPING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; TOMOGRAPHY;

SEISMOLOGY;

FAULT ZONE; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; NORMAL FAULT; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

UNITED STATES; WASATCH FAULT ZONE;

EID: 78049425650     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30174.1     Document Type: Article

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