Paleoseismic sand blows in North Louisiana and South Arkansas

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1032-1047

  Cox, Randel Tom ^a   Gordon, Joshua ^b   Forman, Steven ^c   Brezina, Thomas ^a   Negrau, Mircea ^a   Hill, Arleen ^a   Gardner, Christopher ^d   MacHin, Sarah ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b Southwestern Energy   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Formerly TGS Presently EOG Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL VALLEYS; FAULT ZONE; GROUND CONDUCTIVITY; GULF OF MEXICO; HOLOCENES; LATE HOLOCENE; LATERAL SPREADING; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI; SAND BLOWS; SEISMIC SOURCE; TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIPS; TRIASSIC;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRAULICS; PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; TRENCHING;

SAND;

EID: 78649870676     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.81.6.1032     Document Type: Article

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