Escape tectonics in the Los Angeles metropolitan region and implications for seismic risk

Nature

Volumn 394, Issue 6691, 1998, Pages 356-360

  Walls, Christian ^a,b,e   Rockwell, Thomas ^a,b   Mueller, Karl ^b,c   Bock, Yehuda ^b,d   Williams, Simon ^b,d   Pfanner, John ^a,b   Dolan, James ^b   Fang, Peng ^b,d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Earth Consultants International Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; SEISMICITY; STRAIN; TECTONICS; THRUST FAULT;

ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; GEOLOGY; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES, CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES;

EID: 0032560762     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/28590     Document Type: Article

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