In the shadow of 1857-the effect of the great Ft. Tejon earthquake on subsequent earthquakes in southern California

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 229-232

  Harris, Ruth A ^a   Simpson, Robert W ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; GEOPHYSICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; TECTONICS;

20TH CENTURY; ACTIVE FAULT; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMICITY PATTERN; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; STATIC STRESS; STRIKE-SLIP MECHANISM; TECTONIC LOADING;

EARTHQUAKES;

FORT TEJON EARTHQUAKE 1857; SEISMICITY; STATIC STRESS; STRESS CHANGE;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0029730330     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00015     Document Type: Article

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