Neotectonics of the southeastern Reelfoot rift zone margin, central United States, and implications for regional strain accommodation

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 419-422

  Cox, Randel Tom ^a   Van Arsdale, Roy B ^a   Harris, James B ^a   Larsen, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Earthquakes; Faults; Mississippi embayment; Paleoseismology

Indexed keywords

LINEAR TOPOGRAPHIC SCARP; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

EARTHQUAKES; SEISMOLOGY; STRAIN; TECTONICS; TRENCHING;

GEOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT ZONE; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOSEISMICITY; RIFT ZONE; SEISMIC HAZARD; STRAIN ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879884489     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0419:NOTSRR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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