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Topographic profile across Reelfoot trench site

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Topographic profile across the Reelfoot fault trench site, showing the morphology of the sackungen intersected by the trench. Schematic illustration of shears in the subsurface indicated by red lines.

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Four Major Holocene Earthquakes on the Reelfoot Fault Recorded by Sackungen in the New Madrid Seismic Zone, USA
Gold, Ryan D., Christopher B. DuRoss, Jaime E. Delano, Randall W. Jibson, Richard W. Briggs, Shannon A. Mahan, Robert A. Williams, D. Reide Corbett. 2019, Four Major Holocene Earthquakes on the Reelfoot Fault Recorded by Sackungen in the New Madrid Seismic Zone, USA, J. Geophys. Res.

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