Characterization of intrabasin faulting and deformation for earthquake hazards in southern Utah valley, Utah, from high-resolution seismic imaging

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 524-540

  Stephenson, William J ^a   Odum, Jack K ^a   Williams, Robert A ^a   McBride, John H ^b   Tomlinson, Iris ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Global Geophysical Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2D MODELING; EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; FAULT BLOCKS; FINITE DIFFERENCE; GROUND-MOTION SIMULATION; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERVAL VELOCITY; LOW-VELOCITY; MICROTREMOR DATA; PEAK GROUND VELOCITY; PRESTACK DEPTH MIGRATION; S-WAVE VELOCITY; SEISMIC IMAGING; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; SURFACE TRACES;

DEFORMATION; LANDFORMS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY;

FAULTING;

DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; GROUND MOTION; MICROTREMOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-WAVE; PRESTACK MIGRATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

UNITED STATES; UTAH; WASATCH FAULT ZONE;

EID: 84859149783     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120110053     Document Type: Article

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