Geometrical impact of the San Andreas Fault on stress and seismicity in California

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Li, Qingsong ^a   Liu, Mian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN;

FIRST-ORDER GEOMETRIC FEATURES; NORTH AMERICAN-PACIFIC PLATE BOUNDARY; SAN ANDREAS FAULT (SAF);

SEISMOLOGY;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FAULT GEOMETRY; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMICITY; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN PARTITIONING;

EID: 33745436983     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025661     Document Type: Article

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