The 1992 M=7 Cape Mendocino, California, earthquake: Coseismic deformation at the south end of the Cascadia megathrust

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 17707-17725

  Murray, Mark H ^a,b,c   Marshall, Grant A ^a,d   Lisowski, Michael ^a,e   Stein, Ross S ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD   (United States)

^e Hawaii Volcano Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPE MENDOCINO EARTHQUAKE 1992; CASCADIA MEGATHRUST; DEFORMATION; DISLOCATION MODEL; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0030423887     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jb02623     Document Type: Article

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