On the geoelectric structure of major strike-slip faults and shear zones

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1177-1184

  Unsworth, Martyn ^a   Bedrosian, Paul A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Earthquake cycle; Magnetotellurics; San Andreas Fault; Shear zones; Strike slip faults

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GEOELECTRIC FIELD; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

EID: 20544457687     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353337     Document Type: Article

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