Mesoscopic structure of the Punchbowl Fault, Southern California and the geologic and geophysical structure of active strike-slip faults

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 913-930

  Schulz, Steven E ^a   Evans, James P ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOPHYSICS; MINERALOGY;

FAULT ZONES; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DISPLACEMENT; FAULT SLIP; FAULT ZONE; FRACTURE; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC WAVE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

CALIFORNIA; PUNCHBOWL FAULT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034130050     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(00)00019-5     Document Type: Article

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