Strain accumulation accross the Carrizo segment of the San Andreas Fault, California: Impact of laterally varying crustal properties

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Schmalzle, Gina ^a   Dixon, Timothy ^a   Malservisi, Rocco ^a,b   Govers, Rob ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GPS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SLIP RATE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CARRIZO;

EID: 33745747555     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003843     Document Type: Article

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