Paleoseismic investigations in the Santa Cruz mountains, California: Implications for recurrence of large-magnitude earthquakes on the San Andreas fault

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 17985-18001

  Schwartz, D P ^a   Pantosti, D ^b   Okumura, K ^c   Powers, T J ^a   Hamilton, J C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0001083258     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb00701     Document Type: Article

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