Engineering geologic and geotechnical analysis of paleoseismic shaking using liquefaction effects: field examples

RA Green, SF Obermeier, SM Olson - Engineering Geology, 2005 - Elsevier
The greatest impediments to the widespread acceptance of back-calculated ground motion
characteristics from paleoliquefaction studies typically stem from three uncertainties:(1) the …

Symptomatic features of intraplate earthquakes

A Gangopadhyay, P Talwani - Seismological …, 2003 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Available geological, geophysical, and seismological data for 39 cases were compared and
analyzed to understand the cause of intraplate earthquakes. The results revealed common …

Shear velocity structure beneath the central U nited S tates: implications for the origin of the I llinois B asin and intraplate seismicity

C Chen, H Gilbert, C Andronicos… - Geochemistry …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We present new estimates of lithospheric shear velocities for the intraplate seismic zones
and the Illinois Basin in the US midcontinent by analyzing teleseismic Rayleigh waves. We …

Characteristic and uncharacteristic earthquakes as possible artifacts: Applications to the New Madrid and Wabash seismic zones

S Stein, A Newman - Seismological Research Letters, 2004 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Understanding the relation between the recurrence of large and small earthquakes is a
formidable challenge, because multiple data sets with poorly known uncertainties are …

Simultaneous recovery of origin time, hypocentre location and seismic moment tensor using sparse representation theory

IV Rodriguez, M Sacchi, YJ Gu - Geophysical Journal …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Using a proper parametrization, the source displacement field of a seismic event can be
efficiently reconstructed by a redundant dictionary of Green′ s functions based on sparse …

The 18 June 2002 Caborn, Indiana, earthquake: Reactivation of ancient rift in the Wabash Valley seismic zone?

WY Kim - Bulletin of the Seismological Society of …, 2003 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The 18 June 2002 Caborn, Indiana, earthquake (MW 4.6) occurred on a steeply
dipping fault at a depth of about 18 km. Regional and teleseismic waveform data were used …

Geophysical constraints on understanding the origin of the Illinois basin and its underlying crust

JH McBride, DR Kolata, TG Hildenbrand - Tectonophysics, 2003 - Elsevier
Interpretation of reprocessed seismic reflection profiles reveals three highly coherent,
layered, unconformity-bounded sequences that overlie (or are incorporated within) the …

Upper crust beneath the central Illinois basin, United States

JH McBride, DR Kolata - Geological Society of America …, 1999 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Newly available industry seismic reflection data provide critical information for
understanding the structure and origin of the upper crust (0–12 km depth) beneath the …

Geophysical setting of the Wabash Valley fault system

TG Hildenbrand, D Ravat - Seismological Research …, 1997 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Interpretation of existing regional magnetic and gravity data and new local high-
resolution aeromagnetic data provides new insights on the tectonic history and structural …

Proterozoic sequences and their implications for Precambrian and Cambrian geologic evolution of western Kentucky: Evidence from seismic-reflection data

JA Drahovzal - Seismological Research Letters, 1997 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Analyses of two seismic-reflection lines in western Kentucky indicate the presence of two
Proterozoic, unconformity-bounded sequences. One is autochthonous and of probable Late …