Kinematics of transpressional deformation in the eastern San Francisco Bay region, California

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-22

  Unruh, Jeffrey R ^a   Lettis, William R ^a  

^a William Lettis and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; SHEAR STRAIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

CLOCKWISE ROTATION; EARTHQUAKE FOCAL MECHANISMS; FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; GEODETIC MEASUREMENTS; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT; TECTONIC SETTINGS; TRANSPRESSIONAL DEFORMATION;

FAULT SLIPS;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULTING; FOCAL MECHANISM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; KINEMATICS; PACIFIC PLATE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SHEAR STRAIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC ROTATION; TECTONIC SETTING; EXTENSION; FOLDING; SEISMOGENIC STRAIN; TRANSPRESSIONAL KINEMATICS;

CALIFORNIA; CANADA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; COAST RANGES; CONCORD [NORTH CAROLINA]; EAST BAY; GREENVILLE [PENNSYLVANIA]; HAYWARD; NUNAVUT; SAN ANDREAS; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SAN FRANCISCO [CALIFORNIA]; SOUTHAMPTON ISLAND; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0031960651     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0019:KOTDIT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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