Ages of late Holocene earthquakes on the central Garlock fault near El Paso Peaks, California

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 7265-7279

  McGill, Sally ^a   Rockwell, Tom ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; HOLOCENE SEISMICITY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

CALIFORNIA; EL PASO MOUNTAINS; USA;

EID: 0032502498     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb02129     Document Type: Article

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