Structure of the San Andreas fault zone at SAFOD from a seismic refraction survey

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Hole, J A ^a   Ryberg, T ^b   Fuis, G S ^c   Bleibinhaus, F ^a,d   Sharma, A K ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE REFRACTION; EARTHQUAKES; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY;

SAN ANDREAS FAULT ZONE; SEISMIC REFRACTION;

SEISMOLOGY;

FAULT ZONE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; TRAVEL TIME; UPPER CRUST;

EID: 33646833994     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025194     Document Type: Article

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