Fault-zone guided waves from explosions in the San Andreas fault at Parkfield and Cienega Valley, California

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 210-221

  Li, Yong Gang ^a   Ellsworth, William L ^b   Thurber, Clifford H ^c   Malin, Peter E ^d   Aki, Keiiti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSION SEISMOLOGY; GUIDED WAVE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC WAVE;

USA, CALIFORNIA, CIENEGA VALLEY; USA, CALIFORNIA, PARKFIELD;

EID: 0031468029     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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