Seismotectonics of the Loma Prieta, California, region determined from three-dimensional Vp, Vp/Vs, and seismicity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 21099-21120

  Eberhart Phillips, Donna ^a,b   Michael, Andrew J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE 1989; SEISMOTECTONICS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032505276     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb01984     Document Type: Article

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