Source parameters and tectonic setting of the 1990 Lee Vining, California, earthquake sequence

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1035-1045

  Horton, Stephen P ^a   DePolo, Diane M ^b   Walter, William R ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS; LEE VINING EARTHQUAKE 1990; SEISMIC SOURCE; TECTONIC SETTING;

USA, CALIFORNIA, LEE VINING;

EID: 0031429041     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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