Estimate of differential stress in the upper crust from variations in topography and strike along the San Andreas fault

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 527-532

  Fialko, Yuri ^a   Rivera, Luis ^b   Kanamori, Hiroo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal deformation; Fault tectonics; Rock fracture; San Andreas fault; Seismotectonics; Transform faults

Indexed keywords

SAN ANDREAS FAULT; STRENGTH; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRIKE (GEOLOGY); TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; UPPER CRUST;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 15044356386     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02511.x     Document Type: Article

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