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Science 29 August 1980:
Vol. 209. no. 4460, pp. 971 - 976
DOI: 10.1126/science.209.4460.971
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Recurrent Intraplate Tectonism in the New Madrid Seismic Zone

M. D. Zoback 1, R. M. Hamilton 1, A. J. Crone 2, D. P. Russ 2, F. A. McKeown 2, and S. R. Brockman 2

1 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Center, Reston, Virginia 22092
2 USGS Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225

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.


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