Three-dimensional simulation of earthquakes on the Los Angeles fault system

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 575-596

  Olsen, Kim B ^a   Archuleta, Ralph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT MOTION; FAULT SYSTEM; GROUND MOTION; MODELLING; RUPTURE PROPAGATION;

USA, CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES;

EID: 0030436579     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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