Preseismic tilt and triggered reverse faulting due to unloading in a diatomite quarry near Lompoc, California

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 11-18

  Sylvester, Arthur G ^a   Heinemann, Jane ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FAULTING; INDUCED SEISMICITY; MINING INDUCED SEISMICITY; OVERBURDEN REMOVAL; QUARRY; QUARRYING; STRESS; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

USA, CALIFORNIA, LOMPOC;

EID: 0030404274     PISSN: 00128287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.67.6.11     Document Type: Article

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