Gravity and magnetic expression of the San Leandro gabbro with implications for the geometry and evolution of the Hayward Fault zone, northern California

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 14-26

  Ponce, D A ^a   Hildenbrand, T G ^a   Jachens, R C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; PROBABILITY; ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FAULT ZONES;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT ZONE; GABBRO; GRAVITY ANOMALY; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; SEISMIC HAZARD;

CALIFORNIA; HAYWARD FAULT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037680171     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120020013     Document Type: Article

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