Timing and slip for prehistoric earthquakes on the Superstition Mountain Fault, Imperial Valley, southern California

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 5977-5985

  Gurrola, Larry D ^a   Rockwell, Thomas K ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE CAHUILLA; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SEISMICITY; SHORELINE DEPOSIT;

USA, CALIFORNIA, IMPERIAL VALLEY;

EID: 0029769937     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jb03061     Document Type: Article

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