Structure of the San Andreas Fault at SAFOD from P-wave tomography and fault-guided wave mapping

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Malin, Peter ^a   Shalev, Eylon ^a   Balven, Heather ^a   Lewis Kenedi, Catherine ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL MAPPING; DRILLING; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FAULT-GUIDED WAVE MAPPING; LOW-VELOCITY FAULT; SURFACE TRACE;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT; FAULT ZONE; P-WAVE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMOGRAPH; TOMOGRAPHY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN ANDREAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750074815     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL025973     Document Type: Article

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