High-resolution seismic reflection profiling of the Santa Monica Fault Zone, West Los Angeles, California

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 2051-2054

  Dolan, James F ^a   Pratt, Thomas L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

ALLUVIAL FANS; GROUND SURFACES; HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC; LARGE EARTHQUAKES; NEAR SURFACES; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; STUDY SITES; VERTICAL SEPARATION;

FAULT SLIPS; TECTONICS;

HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILING; NEAR FIELD THRUST SEPARATION; OBLIQUE REVERSE LEFT LATERAL FAULT;

FAULT GEOMETRY; QUATERNARY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; THRUST;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SANTA MONICA FAULT;

EID: 0031202641     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01940     Document Type: Article

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