The coseismic slip distributions of the 1940 and 1979 Imperial Valley, California, earthquakes and their implications

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 18069-18086

  King, N E ^a,b   Thatcher, W ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT SLIP; GEODESY; SEISMIC MOMENT;

CALIFORNIA; IMPERIAL VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032504722     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb00575     Document Type: Review

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