Style and rate of Holocene slip, Palos Verdes fault, southern California

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 8317-8334

  McNeilan, Thomas W ^a   Rockwell, Thomas K ^b   Resnick, Gregory S ^a,b  

^a Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FAULT; HOLOCENE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SLIP RATE;

USA, CALIFORNIA, PALOS VERDES FAULT;

EID: 0029729734     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jb02251     Document Type: Article

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