Interseismic strain accumulation and anthropogenic motion in metropolitan Los Angeles

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-26

  Argus, Donald F ^a   Heflin, Michael B ^a   Peltzer, Gilles ^a,b   Crampé, Fréderic ^b   Webb, Frank H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; FAULT; GEODESY; GPS; INDUCED SEISMICITY; MODELING; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

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

EID: 21844473557     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002934     Document Type: Article

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