The offshore Palos Verdes fault zone near San Pedro, Southern California

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 506-530

  Fisher, Michael A ^a   Normark, William R ^a   Langenheim, Victoria E ^a   Calvert, Andrew J ^b   Sliter, Ray ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEOMETRY; GEOPHYSICS; HAZARDS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

AEROMAGNETIC DATA; CALIFORNIA; PALOS VERDES FAULT ZONE;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT ZONE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SURVEY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PALOS VERDES SHELF;

EID: 2542584662     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120030042     Document Type: Article

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