Recurrent Intraplate Tectonism in the New Madrid Seismic Zone
- 29 August 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 209 (4460) , 971-976
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.209.4460.971
Abstract
For the first time, New Madrid seismicity can be linked to specific structural features that have been reactivated through geologic time. Extensive seismic reflection profiling reveals major faults coincident with the main earthquake trends in the area and with structural deformation apparently caused by repeated episodes of igneous activity.Keywords
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