Mapping stress and structurally controlled crustal shear velocity anisotropy in California

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 825-828

  Boness, Naomi L ^a,b   Zoback, Mark D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal stress; San Andreas fault; Seismic anisotropy

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRESS; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

ANISOTROPY; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; EARTHQUAKES; MAPPING; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR STRESS; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE; ELASTIC PROPERTY; FAULT PLANE; POLARIZATION; S-WAVE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750085990     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22309.1     Document Type: Article

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