Paleoseismology of the San Andreas fault at Plunge Creek, near San Bernardino, southern California

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 2803-2840

  McGill, Sally ^a   Dergham, Safaa ^b   Barton, Kathy ^a   Berney Ficklin, Todd ^a   Grant, Dawn ^a   Hartling, Connie ^a   Hobart, Karen ^a   Minnich, Richard ^c   Rodriguez, Mario ^a   Runnerstrom, Eric ^d   Russell, Joanna ^a   Schmoker, Kelly ^a   Stumfall, Marilynn ^a   Townsend, Jennifer ^a   Williams, Jeff ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COASTAL ZONES; RADIOACTIVITY; SLIP FORMING; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRATIGRAPHY; TRENCHING;

PALEOSEISMOLOGY;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; PALEOSEISMICITY; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; STRATIGRAPHY;

CALIFORNIA; PLUNGE CREEK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038805318     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120000607     Document Type: Article

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