Seismic-reflection evidence that the hayward fault extends into the lower crust of the San Francisco Bay Area, California

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1212-1223

  Parsons, Tom ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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ACTIVE FAULT; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FAULT; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032450360     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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