Critical evaluation of possible seismites: Examples from the Carboniferous of the Appalachian basin

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 359, Issue , 2002, Pages 109-125

  Greb, Stephen F ^a   Dever Jr , Garland R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CARBONIFEROUS; DEBRIS FLOW; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; SEISMITE;

APPALACHIAN BASIN;

EID: 84870895541     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2359-0.109     Document Type: Review

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