Evidence for melt injection in the crust of northern California?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 248, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 638-649

  Hayes, Gavin P ^a   Johnson, Courtney B ^a   Furlong, Kevin P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

earthquake relocations; earthquake sequence; Lake Pillsbury; melt injection; Mendocino triple junction; volcanism

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; EARTHQUAKE RELOCATIONS; EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCE; MELT INJECTION; MENDOCINO TRIPLE JUNCTION; VOLCANISM;

EARTHQUAKES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

GEOLOGY;

CRUST; EARTHQUAKE; PLATE BOUNDARY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747081674     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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