Holocene slip rate and earthquake recurrence of the northern Calaveras fault at Leyden Creek, northern California

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 5961-5975

  Kelson, Keith I ^a   Simpson, Gary D ^a   Lettis, William R ^a   Haraden, Colleen C ^a  

^a William Lettis and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT SCARP; HOLOCENE; PALAEOSEISMICITY; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; RIVER TERRACE; SEISMIC HAZARD;

USA, CALIFORNIA, LEYDEN CREEK;

EID: 0029774223     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jb02244     Document Type: Article

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