Deep structure of a fault discontinuity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 2121-2124

  Felzer, Karen R ^a,b   Beroza, Gregory C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Geophysics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOPHYSICS; STRESSES; TECTONICS;

DEEP STRUCTURE; DYNAMIC STRESS; EMERSON; FAULT RUPTURES; MAINSHOCK; SHALLOW DEPTHS; SIMPLE CONNECTIONS; FAULT DISCONTINUITY; FAULT RUPTURE; TECTONIC FAULTS;

FAULTING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CANIS LATRANS;

DISCONTINUITY; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; LANDERS EARTHQUAKE 1992;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032695849     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900484     Document Type: Article

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