Paleoseismic trenches across the Sierra Nevada and Carson Range fronts in Antelope Valley, California, and Reno, Nevada

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2542-2549

  Sarmiento, Alexandra C ^a   Wesnousky, Steven G ^a   Bormann, Jayne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULTING; CALIFORNIA; FAILURE SURFACE; FAULT SCARP; FAULT-SLIP RATES; HOLOCENES; NORMAL FAULTS; QUATERNARY DEPOSITS; RADIOCARBON AGE; RADIOCARBON DATES; SIERRA NEVADA;

STRATIGRAPHY;

LANDFORMS;

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT SCARP; FAULT SLIP; FAULTING; NORMAL FAULT; PALEOSEISMICITY; SLIP RATE; TRENCH;

ANTELOPE VALLEY; CALIFORNIA; CARSON RANGE; NEVADA; RENO; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053212209     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120100176     Document Type: Article

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