Late Pleistocene - Holocene ruptures of the Lima Reservoir fault, SW Montana

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1996-2008

  Anastasio, David J ^a   Majerowicz, Christina N ^a   Pazzaglia, Frank J ^a   Regalla, Christine A ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Basin and Range; Montana; Normal faulting; Scarp diffusion model

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TECTONICS; BASIN AND RANGE; MONTANA; NORMAL FAULTING; SCARP DIFFUSION MODEL;

TECTONICS;

ACTIVE FAULT; BASIN EVOLUTION; GEODESY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GPS; NORMAL FAULT; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; RUPTURE; SLIP RATE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; CENTENNIAL VALLEY; IDAHO; MONTANA; SNAKE RIVER PLAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649764076     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2010.08.012     Document Type: Article

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