Stratigraphic and sedimentological evidence for late Paleozoic earthquakes and recurrent structural movement in the U.S. Midcontinent

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 359, Issue , 2002, Pages 99-108

  Merriam, Daniel F ^a   Förster, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; MASS MOVEMENT; MISSISSIPPIAN; PALEOSEISMICITY; PALEOZOIC; PENNSYLVANIAN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

KANSAS; MIDCONTINENT; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870904848     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2359-0.99     Document Type: Review

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