Active detachment faulting in the San Francisco Bay area ?

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1135-1138

  Bürgmann, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORIZONTAL WELLS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; DETACHMENT FAULTING; ELASTIC DISLOCATION MODELS; HORIZONTAL SURFACE DISPLACEMENT; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA , CALIFORNIA; SURFACE DISPLACEMENT;

FAULT SLIPS;

ACTIVE FAULT; CONTRACTION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; DIP-SLIP FAULT; DISLOCATION; FAULTING; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SHEAR ZONE; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULTING; FAULT ARCHITECTURE;

CALIFORNIA; HAYWARD; SAN ANDREAS; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0031420951     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<1135:ADFITS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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