Geodetic estimates of fault slip rates in the San Francisco Bay area

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B3, 1999, Pages 4995-5002

  Savage, J C ^a   Svarc, J L ^a   Prescott, W H ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIP; GEODESY; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033541058     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jb900108     Document Type: Article

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