Active tectonics, paleoseismology, and seismic hazards of the Hollywood fault, northern Los Angeles basin, California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1595-1616

  Dolan, James F ^a,e   Sieh, Kerry ^a,e   Rockwell, Thomas K ^b,e   Guptill, Paul ^c   Miller, Grant ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^d Advanced Earth Sciences Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOMORPHOLOGY;

ACTIVE DEFORMATION; ACTIVE TECTONICS; FAULT-SLIP RATES; LATEST PLEISTOCENE; LOS ANGELES BASIN; NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKES; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; SURFACE RUPTURES;

FAULT SLIPS;

ACTIVE FAULT; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; HOLOCENE; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLEISTOCENE; SEISMIC HAZARD; EARTHQUAKE; EATHQUAKE; HOLLYWOOD FAULT; NEOTECTONICS; PALAEOSEISMOLOGY; QUATERNARY; SEISMICITY; TECTONICS;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; HOLLYWOOD [LOS ANGELES]; LOS ANGELES BASIN; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0031429645     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<1595:ATPASH>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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