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

November 3, 2016

The question of whether structural segment boundaries along multisegment normal faults such as the Wasatch fault zone (WFZ) act as persistent barriers to rupture is critical to seismic hazard analyses. We synthesized late Holocene paleoseismic data from 20 trench sites along the central WFZ to evaluate earthquake rupture length and fault segmentation. For the youngest (

Publication Year 2016
Title Fault segmentation: New concepts from the Wasatch Fault Zone, Utah, USA
DOI 10.1002/2015JB012519
Authors Christopher DuRoss, Stephen F. Personius, Anthony J. Crone, Susan S. Olig, Michael D. Hylland, William R. Lund, David P. Schwartz
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth
Index ID 70178130
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Geologic Hazards Science Center
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