A neotectonic study of the San Miguel-Vallecitos fault, Baja California, Mexico

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1770-1783

  Hirabayashi, C Kenji ^a   Rockwell, Thomas K ^a   Wesnousky, Steven G ^b   Stirling, Mark W ^b   Suarez Vidal, Francisco ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT ZONE; NEOTECTONICS; SLIP; TECTONICS;

MEXICO, BAJA CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0030391126     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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