Diverse rupture modes for surface-deforming upper plate earthquakes in the southern Puget Lowland of Washington State

Geosphere

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 769-796

  Nelson, Alan R ^a   Personius, Stephen F ^a   Sherrod, Brian L ^b   Kelsey, Harvey M ^c   Johnson, Samuel Y ^d   Bradley, Lee Ann ^a   Wells, Ray E ^e  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULTING; STRATIGRAPHY;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DEFORMATION ZONE; EARTHQUAKE CLUSTERING; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; LARGE EARTHQUAKES; PUGET LOWLANDS; STRUCTURAL LINKS; WASHINGTON STATE;

EARTHQUAKES;

COMPRESSION; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; FOREARC BASIN; HOLOCENE; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLATE MOTION; RADIOCARBON DATING;

PUGET LOWLAND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84906213895     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00967.1     Document Type: Article

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