Cumulative offset of the San Andreas fault in central California: A seismic approach

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 123-126

  Revenaugh, Justin ^a   Reasoner, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

BASEMENT ROCKS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARLY MIOCENE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SCATTERED WAVES; SCATTERING PATTERN; SEISMOGENESIS; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; FAULT ZONE;

STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CUMULATE; HETEROGENEITY; MIOCENE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SCATTERING; SEISMICITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; FAULT OFFSET; TRANSFORM FAULT;

CALIFORNIA; SAN ANDREAS; UNITED STATES; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; USA;

EID: 0030745059     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0123:COOTSA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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