Seismic reflection evidence for detachment polarity beneath a major accommodation zone, west-central Arizona

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 323, Issue , 1998, Pages 89-113

  Kruger, Joseph M ^a   Faulds, James E ^b   Reynolds, Stephen J ^c   Okaya, David A ^d  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; REFLECTION; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

ACCOMMODATION ZONE; DETACHMENT FAULT; FAULT BLOCKS; LISTRIC NORMAL FAULTS; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX; NORMAL FAULTS; REFLECTION SEISMIC; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS;

FAULT SLIPS;

ANTICLINE; DETACHMENT FAULT; DISPLACEMENT; NORMAL FAULT; REFLECTIVITY; REFLECTOMETRY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

EID: 84870859135     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2323-X.89     Document Type: Article

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