Crustal velocity field near the big bend of California's San Andreas fault

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 3173-3185

  Snay, Richard A ^a   Cline, Michael W ^a   Philipp, C Randolph ^a   Jackson, David D ^b   Feng, Yanjie ^b   Shen, Zheng Kang ^b   Lisowski, Michael ^c,d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Hawaiian Volcano Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL VELOCITY FIELD; GEODESY; STRIKE SLIP FAULT;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SAN ANDREAS FAULT;

EID: 0029750912     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jb02394     Document Type: Article

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