Internal structure of the San Andreas fault at Parkfield, California

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 359-362

  Unsworth, Martyn J ^a   Malin, Peter E ^b   Egbert, Gary D ^c   Booker, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

FAULT ZONE; HIGH POROSITY; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; LOW RESISTIVITY; MICRO-EARTHQUAKES; SALINE FLUIDS; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC REFLECTION SURVEY;

STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

CREEP; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FAULT ZONE; MICROEARTHQUAKE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMICITY; FAULT STRUCTURE; MAGNETOTELLURIC SURVEY; MAGNETOTELLURICS; POROSITY; RESISTIVITY; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

CALIFORNIA; PARKFIELD; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0030983912     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0359:ISOTSA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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