Geophysical setting of the 2000 ML 5.2 Yountville, California, earthquake: Implications for seismic Hazard in Napa Valley, California

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1192-1198

  Langenheim, V E ^a   Graymer, R W ^a   Jachens, R C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

LINEAR AEROMAGNETIC ANOMALIES; WAVE TRAPPING; WEST NAPA FAULT; YOUNTVILLE EARTHQUAKE;

GEOPHYSICS;

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT ZONE;

CALIFORNIA; NAPA VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745464009     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120050187     Document Type: Article

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