Earthquake locations and three-dimentional fault zone structure along the creeping section of the San Andreas fault near Parkfield, CA: Preparing for SAFOD

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 12-1

  Thurber, C ^a   Roecker, S ^b   Roberts, K ^a   Gold, M ^b   Powell, L ^a   Rittger, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DRILLING; EXPLOSIONS; GEOPHYSICS;

ARRIVAL-TIME DATA;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMICITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037998579     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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