Seismic cycle and rheological effects on estimation of present-day slip rates for the Agua Blanca and San Miguel-Vallecitos faults, northern Baja California, Mexico

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Dixon, Timothy ^a   Decaix, Julien ^a   Farina, Fred ^a   Furlong, Kevin ^b   Malservisi, Rocco ^b   Bennett, Richard ^c   Suarez Vidal, Francisco ^d   Fletcher, John ^d   Lee, Jeff ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^e CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault slip rates and the seismic cycle; Northern Baja California

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIP; GEODESY; PLATE BOUNDARY; RHEOLOGY; SEISMICITY; SLIP RATE;

BAJA CALIFORNIA STATE; MEXICO;

EID: 0037058177     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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