Long dormancy, low slip rate, and similar slip-per-event for the Emerson fault, eastern California shear zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B7, 1997, Pages 15319-15333

  Rubin, Charles M ^a   Sieh, Kerry ^b  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT RUPTURE; PALAEOSEISMICITY; SHEAR ZONE; SLIP RATE;

USA, CALIFORNIA, EMERSON FAULT;

EID: 0031460469     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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