Toward a consistent model for strain accrual and release for the New Madrid Seismic Zone, central United States

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Hough, Susan E ^a   Page, Morgan ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HOLOCENE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMICITY; STRAIN RATE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953253934     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007783     Document Type: Article

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