Two-dimensional seismic image of the San Andreas Fault in the Northern Gabilan Range, central California: Evidence for fluids in the fault zone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1591-1594

  Thurber, C ^a   Roecker, S ^b   Ellsworth, W ^c   Chen, Y ^b   Lutter, W ^a   Sessions, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FLUIDS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; VELOCITY; FAULTING; LITHOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CENTRAL CALIFORNIA; NORTHERN GABILAN RANGE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMICITY;

GEOPHYSICS; EARTHQUAKES;

FAULT; FAULTING; FLUID; FLUID PRESSURE; P/S WAVE RATIO; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMICITY;

USA, CALIFORNIA, GABILAN RANGE;

COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; EARTHQUAKE LOCATION; FAULT ZONE STRUCTURES; FAULTING PROCESS; JOINT INVERSION; P-WAVE VELOCITY; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 0031182502     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01435     Document Type: Article

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