Rolling in the deep: Mantle flow stress best indicator of US intermountain seismicity
Wednesday, August 26, 2015 - 12:00
in Earth & Climate
Much of what we understand about earthquakes is based on plate tectonics. But for residents of Utah's seismically restless Wasatch Front, a 120-mile-long metropolitan region anchored by Salt Lake City and bounded by the steep Wasatch Mountains and Great Salt Lake, such theory has fundamental limitations.