Is the San Andreas big bend responsible for the Landers earthquake and the eastern California shear zone?

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 219-222

  Du, Yijun ^a   Aydin, Atilla ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; SAILING VESSELS; STRAIN ENERGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CALIFORNIA; EASTERN CALIFORNIA; FAULT PROPAGATION; LATERAL SHEAR; MOJAVE DESERT; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; STRAIN ENERGY DENSITY; STRESS FIELD;

EARTHQUAKES;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; FAULT PROPAGATION; LANDERS EARTHQUAKE 1992; SEISMICITY; SHEAR ZONE; STRESS FIELD; FAULT GEOMETRY;

CALIFORNIA; SAN ANDREAS; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0029768348     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0219:ITSABB>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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