Earthquake hazards of active blind-thrust faults under the central Los Angeles basin, California

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 8623-8642

  Shaw, John H ^a   Suppe, John ^b  

^a Texaco Inc Houston   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE POTENTIAL; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE INTERVAL; FAULT SYSTEM; SLIP RATE; THRUST FAULT;

USA, CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES BASIN;

EID: 0029751153     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jb03453     Document Type: Article

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