Paleoseismology and global positioning system: Earthquake-cycle effects and geodetic versus geologic fault slip rates in the Eastern California shear zone

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-58

  Dixon, Timothy H ^a   Norabuena, E ^a   Hotaling, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake cycle; Fault slip rates; GPS; Paleoseismology

Indexed keywords

PALEOSEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEODESY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; RHEOLOGY; VISCOELASTICITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT SLIP; GEODETIC DATUM; GPS; PALEOSEISMICITY; RHEOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037286987     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0055:PAGPSE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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