Dislocation pileup as a representation of strain accumulation on a strike-slip fault

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Savage, J C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISLOCATION; PLATE MOTION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

EID: 33744929161     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB004021     Document Type: Article

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