Delineation of faulting and basin geometry along a seismic reflection transect in urbanized San Bernardino Valley, California

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2504-2520

  Stephenson, W J ^a   Odum, J K ^a   Williams, R A ^a   Anderson, M L ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; LANDFORMS; MAPPING;

SEISMIC FAULTING;

SEISMOLOGY;

BASIN ANALYSIS; FAULTING; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036704523     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120010222     Document Type: Article

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