High-resolution imaging of the Bear Valley section of the San Andreas fault at seismogenic depths with fault-zone head waves and relocated seismicity

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 152-164

  McGuire, Jeff ^a   Ben Zion, Yehuda ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault models; Head waves; Interfaces; Relocated seismicity; Traveltimes; Waveform modelling

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; IMAGING METHOD; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMICITY; TRAVEL TIME; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

BEAR VALLEY CREEK; IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645285669     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02703.x     Document Type: Article

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