Learning from failure: The spree mid-continent rift experiment

GSA Today

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 5-7

  Stein, Seth ^a   Van Der Lee, Suzan ^a   Jurdy, Donna ^a   Stein, Carol ^b   Wiens, Douglas ^c   Wysession, Michael ^c   Revenaugh, Justin ^d   Frederiksen, Andrew ^e   Darbyshire, Fiona ^f   Bollmann, Trevor ^a   Lodewyk, Jessica ^a   Wolin, Emily ^a   Merino, Miguel ^a   Tekverk, Karen ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BROADBAND DATA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CRATON; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; RIFT ZONE; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMOGRAPH; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052505974     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G120A.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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