Analysis of fault slip inversions: Do they constrain stress or strain rate?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 12205-12222

  Twiss, Robert J ^a   Unruh, Jeffrey R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b William Lettis and Associates   (United States)

^c William Lettis and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIP; STRAIN; STRESS;

EID: 0032503465     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb00612     Document Type: Article

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