When landslides are misinterpreted as faults: Case studies from the western United States

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 313-325

  Hart, Michael W ^a   Shaller, Phillip J ^b   Farrand, Gregory T ^c  

^a not available   (United States)

^b EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^c Ninyo and Moore   (United States)

Author keywords

Faults; Geomorphology; Landslides

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSLIDES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

HEALTH AND SAFETY; LATE PLEISTOCENE; RUPTURE SURFACE; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; STRUCTURAL EVIDENCE; THRUST FAULTING; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

FAULTING;

FAULT; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GRABEN; HOLOCENE; LANDSLIDE; PLEISTOCENE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RUPTURE; SEISMIC HAZARD; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873630380     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.18.4.313     Document Type: Article

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