Connecting the Yakima fold and thrust belt to active faults in the Puget Lowland, Washington

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Blakely, Richard J ^a   Sherrod, Brian L ^b   Weaver, Craig S ^b   Wells, Ray E ^a   Rohay, Alan C ^c   Barnett, Elizabeth A ^b   Knepprath, Nichole E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; BACKARC BASIN; CONVERGENT MARGIN; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOREARC BASIN; LIDAR; LINEAMENT; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEISMICITY; TECTONIC SETTING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

PUGET LOWLAND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 79961217458     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB008091     Document Type: Article

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