A geophysical investigation of the active Hockley fault system near Houston, Texas

GEOPHYSICS

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Khan, Shuhab D ^a   Stewart, Robert R ^a   Otoum, Maisam ^a   Chang, Li ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; OPTICAL RADAR; RADAR REFLECTION; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY;

BOUGUER ANOMALY; COASTAL REGIONS; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; METROPOLITAN AREA; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; TIME LAPSE IMAGES;

FAULTING;

ACTIVE FAULT; AIRBORNE SENSOR; BOUGUER ANOMALY; DEFORMATION; FAULT SCARP; FAULT ZONE; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; GPS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; LIDAR; METROPOLITAN AREA; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC DATA; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; GRAVITY ANOMALY; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; HOUSTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; HARRIS COUNTY [TEXAS];

EID: 84893722494     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/geo2012-0258.1     Document Type: Article

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