Application of ground-penetrating radar to investigation of near-surface fault properties in the San Francisco Bay region

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1459-1470

  Cai, Jun ^a   McMechan, George A ^a   Fisher, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT; FAULT DETECTION; GPR; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; MAPPING; SAN ANDREAS FAULT;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO BAY;

EID: 0030428511     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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