Systematic underestimation of earthquake magnitudes from large intracontinental reverse faults: Historical ruptures break across segment boundaries

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 989-992

  Rubin, C M ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIPS;

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDES; GEOMETRIC IRREGULARITY; HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKES; LARGE EARTHQUAKES; REVERSE FAULTS; SEISMIC SOURCE; STEP-OVERS;

EARTHQUAKES;

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GEOMETRY; REVERSE FAULT; SEISMIC SOURCE; EARTHQUAKE; MAGNITUDE; SEISMIC HAZARD;

EID: 0030434398     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0989:SUOEMF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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