Electron spin resonance plateau dating of periodicity of activity on the San Gabriel fault zone, southern California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 735-746

  Lee, Hee Kwon ^a,b   Schwarcz, Henry P ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; ELECTROSPINNING; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; SPIN DYNAMICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

HOLOCENE EARTHQUAKES; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; STRIKE-SLIP DEFORMATION; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL PATTERN; TEMPORAL CLUSTERING; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; EARTHQUAKE FAULT; FAULT ACTIVITY;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FAULTING;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT ZONE; HOLOCENE; PERIODICITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; EARTHQUAKE; FAULTING; QUATERNARY;

CALIFORNIA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SAN ANDREAS; SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS; SIERRA MADRE [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES; SAN GABRIEL FAULT ZONE; USA;

EID: 0029773205     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0735:ESRPDO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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