Dynamics of the Salton block: Absolute fault strength and crust-mantle coupling in Southern California

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 261-264

  Fay, Noah ^a   Humphreys, Eugene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Crust mantle coupling; Crustal deformation; Fault strength; Stress

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CRUST-MANTLE COUPLING; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FAULT STRENGTH; CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; EFFECTIVE FRICTION COEFFICIENT; FORCE AND TORQUES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MOUNTAIN BUILDING; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA;

EARTHQUAKES; FRICTION; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; TORQUE; STRESSES;

TECTONICS; FAULTING;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FAULT; BASIN EVOLUTION; COUPLING; EARTHQUAKE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MOUNTAIN; SHEAR STRESS; TORQUE;

CALIFORNIA; SAN ANDREAS; SAN JACINTO; TRANSVERSE RANGES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645716756     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22172.1     Document Type: Article

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