Large-scale splay faults on a strike-slip fault system: The Yakima Folds, Washington State

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Pratt, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

strike slip faults; Yakima Folds

Indexed keywords

BASALT; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SEISMIC WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

COLUMBIA RIVER BASALTS; EARTHQUAKE POTENTIAL; LOWER CRUST; MIOCENE; NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE; PRINCIPAL STRESS; REVERSE FAULTS; SEISMIC PROFILES; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT SYSTEMS; TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES; WASHINGTON STATE; YAKIMA FOLDS;

STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

ANTICLINE; BASALT; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FOLDING; LOWER CRUST; MIOCENE; PLATE MOTION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; THRUST;

COLUMBIA RIVER; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84868689215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004405     Document Type: Article

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