Evidence for surface rupture in 1868 on the Hayward fault in north Oakland and major rupturing in prehistoric earthquakes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1949-1952

  Lienkaemper, James J ^a   Williams, Patrick L ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; GEOPHYSICS;

HAYWARD FAULT; NORTH OAKLAND; PREHISTORIC EARTHQUAKES; RECURRENCE TIME; SEGMENTATION BOUNDARY; SURFACE RUPTURE;

SEISMOLOGY; FAULTING;

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; PALEOSEISMICITY;

UNITED STATES;

DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; HIGH PROBABILITY; PREHISTORIC EARTHQUAKES; RADIOCARBON DATES; RECURRENCE TIME; SEGMENTATION BOUNDARIES; SEGMENTATION MODELS; SURFACE RUPTURES;

EID: 0032758882     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900393     Document Type: Article

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