Fault segmentation: New concepts from the Wasatch Fault Zone, Utah, USA

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1131-1157

  Duross, Christopher B ^a   Personius, Stephen F ^a   Crone, Anthony J ^b   Olig, Susan S ^c,d   Hylland, Michael D ^e   Lund, William R ^e   Schwartz, David P ^f  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Geological Survey   (United States)

^c Olig Seismic Geology   (United States)

^d URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^e UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

earthquake; normal fault; paleoseismology; segmentation; surface rupture; Wasatch fault

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; HOLOCENE; NORMAL FAULT; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMIC DATA;

APENNINES; BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; ITALY; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84959110187     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JB012519     Document Type: Article

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