Morphologic dating of scarps formed by repeated slip events along the San Andreas Fault, Carrizo Plain, California

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 10141-10160

  Arrowsmith, J Ramón ^a   Rhodes, Dallas D ^b   Pollard, David D ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATING; FAULT SCARP; MORPHOLOGY; SAN ANDREAS FAULT;

EID: 0032503179     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb00505     Document Type: Article

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