Holocene subaqueous paleoseismology of lake tahoe

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 691-708

  Smith, Shane B ^a   Karlin, Robert E ^a   Kent, Graham M ^b   Seitz, Gordon G ^c   Driscoll, Neal W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC CHARACTERS; CARBON AND NITROGEN; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSITS; LACUSTRINE MATERIALS; MOST RECENT EARTHQUAKES; POTENTIAL SOURCE REGIONS; RECURRENCE INTERVALS;

DEPOSITS; DROUGHT; FAULTING; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SEISMOLOGY;

LAKES;

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOSEISMICITY; RECURRENCE INTERVAL;

LAKE TAHOE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877335539     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30629.1     Document Type: Article

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