Initiation of deformation of the Eastern California Shear Zone: Constraints from Garlock fault geometry and GPS observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Gan, Weijun ^a   Zhang, Peizhen ^a   Shen, Zheng Kang ^a   Prescott, W H ^b   Svarc, J L ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SHEAR DEFORMATION;

SHEAR ZONE;

GEOPHYSICS;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FAULT GEOMETRY; GPS; MODELING; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SHEAR ZONE;

CALIFORNIA; GARLOCK FAULT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042283570     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017090     Document Type: Article

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