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A Pliocene lacustrine system in the Nellis basin, southern Nevada, USA: implications for the Colorado River drainage system

Brett T. McLaurin, Dirk Goossens, Brenda J. Buck, Wanda Taylor
Published: 19 February 2024
Journal of Sedimentary Research (2024) 94 (1): 103–124.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2022.116
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Interseismic Strain Accumulation between the Colorado Plateau and the Eastern California Shear Zone: Implications for the Seismic Hazard near Las Vegas, Nevada

Zachary M. Young, Corné Kreemer, William C. Hammond, Geoffrey Blewitt
Published: 03 January 2023
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (2023) 113 (2): 856–876.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1785/0120220136
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Climatically driven displacement on the Eglington fault, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Kathleen B. Springer, Jeffrey S. Pigati
Journal: Geology
Published: 27 March 2020
Geology (2020) 48 (6): 574–578.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/G47162.1
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A Seismic Hazards Overview of the Urban Regions of Nevada: Recent Advancements and Research Directions

John G. Anderson, Richard D. Koehler, Rachel Abercrombie, Sean Kamran Ahdi, Stephen Angster, Jayne Bormann, James N. Brune, Seth M. Dee, Craig dePolo, Stephen E. Dickenson, Michelle Dunn, James E. Faulds, William C. Hammond, Rachel Hatch, Annie Kell, Graham Kent, Corné Kreemer, John Louie, Ian Pierce, Christine J. Ruhl, Kenneth D. Smith, Wanda Taylor, Steven G. Wesnousky, Ivan Wong
Published: 05 June 2019
Seismological Research Letters (2019) 90 (4): 1577–1583.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1785/0220180357
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A Comparison of Three Hydraulic Parameter Optimization Schemes For Las Vegas Valley

Meijing Zhang, Thomas J. Burbey
Published: 01 August 2016
Environmental & Engineering Geoscience (2016) 22 (3): 173–194.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2113/gseegeosci.22.3.173
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Seismic Hazard in the Intermountain West

Kathleen M. Haller, Morgan P. Moschetti, M.EERI, Charles S. Mueller, Sanaz Rezaeian, Mark D. Petersen, M.EERI, Yuehua Zeng
Published: 01 December 2015
Earthquake Spectra (2015) 31 (1_suppl): S149–S176.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1193/103114EQS173M
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An Alternative Analysis of the Probabilistic Seismic Hazard for Las Vegas Valley, Nevada

Suchan Lamichhane, Barbara Luke, Wanda J. Taylor
Published: 04 March 2014
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (2014) 104 (2): 741–768.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1785/0120120268
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Earth fissure formation from groundwater pumping and the influence of a stiff upper cemented layer

Muniram Budhu, Ibrahim Adiyaman
Published: 01 May 2012
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology (2012) 45 (2): 197–205.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/1470-9236/10-030
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Sensitivity Analysis of Loss-Estimation Modeling Using Uncertainties in Earthquake Parameters

JONATHAN G PRICE, JORDAN T HASTINGS, LINDA D GOAR, HEATHER ARMENO, GARY JOHNSON, CRAIG M DEPOLO, RONALD H HESS, CHRISTINE M BALLARD
Published: 01 November 2010
Environmental & Engineering Geoscience (2010) 16 (4): 357–367.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2113/gseegeosci.16.4.357
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Role of Forward Model in Surface-Wave Studies to Delineate a Buried High-Velocity Layer

Xiaohui Jin, Barbara Luke, Carlos Calderón-Macías
Published: 01 March 2009
Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics (2009) 14 (1): 1–14.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2113/JEEG14.1.1
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Improved parameterization to invert Rayleigh-wave data for shallow profiles containing stiff inclusions

Carlos Calderón-Macías, Barbara Luke
Journal: Geophysics
Published: 15 November 2006
Geophysics (2007) 72 (1): U1–U10.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1190/1.2374854
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Shallow Shear Velocity and Seismic Microzonation of the Urban Las Vegas, Nevada, Basin

James B. Scott, Tiana Rasmussen, Barbara Luke, Wanda J. Taylor, J. L. Wagoner, Shane B. Smith, John N. Louie
Published: 01 June 2006
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (2006) 96 (3): 1068–1077.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1785/0120050044
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Land Subsidence in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1935–2000: New Geodetic Data Show Evolution, Revised Spatial Patterns, and Reduced Rates

JOHN W. BELL, FALK AMELUNG, ALAN R. RAMELLI, GEOFF BLEWITT
Published: 01 March 2002
Environmental & Engineering Geoscience (2002) 8 (3): 155–174.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2113/8.3.155
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Sensing the ups and downs of Las Vegas: InSAR reveals structural control of land subsidence and aquifer-system deformation

Falk Amelung, Devin L. Galloway, John W. Bell, Howard A. Zebker, Randell J. Laczniak
Journal: Geology
Published: 01 June 1999
Geology (1999) 27 (6): 483–486.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0483:STUADO>2.3.CO;2
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Effect of Site Amplification and Basin Response on Strong Motion in Las Vegas, Nevada

Feng Su, John G. Anderson, M.EERI, Shean Der Ni, Yuehua Zeng
Published: 01 May 1998
Earthquake Spectra (1998) 14 (2): 357–376.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1193/1.1586005
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Geology of Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

RICHARD V. WYMAN, MOSES KARAKOUZIAN, VIRGINIA BAX-VALENTINE, D. BURTON SLEMMONS, LARRY PETERSON, SAM PALMER
Published: 01 March 1993
Environmental & Engineering Geoscience (1993) xxx (1): 33–78.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2113/gseegeosci.xxx.1.33
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Isotopic evidence for lithospheric thinning during extension: Southeastern Great Basin

E. Ellen Daley, Donald J. DePaolo
Journal: Geology
Published: 01 February 1992
Geology (1992) 20 (2): 104–108.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1992)020<0104:IEFLTD>2.3.CO;2
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Large-magnitude Permian shortening and continental-margin tectonics in the southern Cordillera

J. KENT SNOW
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Published: 01 January 1992
GSA Bulletin (1992) 104 (1): 80–105.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1992)104<0080:LMPSAC>2.3.CO;2
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Basin and Range extensional tectonics at the latitude of Las Vegas, Nevada: Discussion and reply

KEVIN P. CORBETT, BRIAN P. WERNICKE, GARY J. AXEN, J. KENT SNOW
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Published: 01 February 1990
GSA Bulletin (1990) 102 (2): 267–270.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1990)102<0267:BARETA>2.3.CO;2
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Basin and Range Extensional Tectonics Near the Latitude of Las Vegas, Nevada

Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 01 January 1990
DOI: 10.1130/MEM176
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