Geophysical images of the creeping segment of the San Andreas fault: Implications for the role of crustal fluids in the earthquake process

Tectonophysics

Volumn 385, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 137-158

  Bedrosian, P A ^a   Unsworth, M J ^b   Egbert, G D ^c   Thurber, C H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Calaveras fault; Hollister; Magnetotellurics; San Andreas fault; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT ZONE; FLUID FLOW; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMICITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3242691758     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.02.010     Document Type: Article

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