Neotectonics and paleoseismology of the Wasatch fault, Utah

GSA Field Guides

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages 231-250

  Bruhn, Ronald L ^a   DuRoss, Christopher B ^b   Harris, Ronald A ^c   Lund, William R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake geology; Faulting; Neotectonics; Paleoseismology

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING;

DUCTILE DEFORMATIONS; HOLOCENE EARTHQUAKES; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOSEISMIC TRENCHING; PALEOSEISMOLOGY; QUATERNARY DEPOSITS; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; SUBSURFACE STRUCTURES;

FAULT SLIPS;

EID: 78049433471     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2005.fld006(11)     Document Type: Article

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