Hot faults: Iridescent slip surfaces with metallic luster document hightemperature ancient seismicity in the Wasatch fault zone, Utah, USA

Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 623-626

  Evans, James P ^a   Prante, Mitchell R ^a,b   Janecke, Susanne U ^a   Ault, Alexis K ^c   Newell, Dennis L ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Shell Oil and Gas   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMATITE; IRON COMPOUNDS; ORE REDUCTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRON BACKSCATTERED DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; FAULT DAMAGE ZONE; FAULT SURFACES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METALLIC LUSTER; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; SURFACE METROLOGY; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRONS;

FAULT SLIPS;

AFTERSHOCK; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION; FAULT PLANE; FAULT ZONE; FOOTWALL; SEISMICITY;

UNITED STATES; UTAH; WASATCH FAULT ZONE;

EID: 84903578024     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G35617.1     Document Type: Article

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