Late quaternary earthquakes on the Hubbell spring fault system, New Mexico, USA: Evidence for noncharacteristic ruptures of intrabasin faults in the Rio Grande rift

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 479, Issue , 2011, Pages 47-77

  Olig, Susan S ^a   Eppes, Martha C ^b   Forman, Steven L ^c   Love, David W ^d   Allen, Bruce D ^d,e  

^a URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DEPOSITS; EARTHQUAKES; HAZARDS; LUMINESCENCE; MAPPING; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRATIGRAPHY;

ACTIVE NORMAL FAULTS; COMPLEX FAULT SYSTEM; LARGE EARTHQUAKES; LUMINESCENCE ANALYSIS; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; TEMPORAL CLUSTERING; TIMING CONSTRAINTS; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS;

FAULT SLIPS;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULTING; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; NORMAL FAULT; PALEOSEISMICITY; QUATERNARY; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY;

ALBUQUERQUE BASIN; RIO GRANDE RIFT; UNITED STATES;

CAPSICUM PUBESCENS; CARRIZO;

EID: 84860422555     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2011.2479(02)     Document Type: Article

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