Quaternary faulting in the Southern Mississippi embayment and implications for tectonics and seismicity in an intraplate setting

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1724-1735

  Cox, R T ^a   Van Arsdale, R B ^a   Harris, J B ^a   Forman, S L ^a   Beard, W ^a   Galluzzi, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Active faults; Eastern North America; Geomorphology; Mississippi embayment; Neotectonics; Paleoseismicity; Quaternary; Saline river

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RIVERS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

ACTIVE FAULT; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; MISSISSIPPI; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOSEISMICITY; QUATERNARY; SALINE RIVERS;

FAULT SLIPS;

DEFORMATION; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; NEOTECTONICS; SEISMICITY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

MISSISSIPPI; SOUTH MISSISSIPPI EMBAYMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879883613     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2000)112<1724:QFITSM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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