Recent and long-term behavior of the Brawley fault zone, Imperial Valley, California: An escalation in slip rate?

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2304-2328

  Meltzner, Aron J ^a,b   Rockwell, Thomas K ^a   Owen, Lewis A ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUGERS; EARTHQUAKES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS;

AUGER HOLES; FAULT ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP RATE;

SEISMOLOGY;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; CREEP; FAULT ZONE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEISMIC ZONE; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

IMPERIAL VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA;

PROSOPIS;

EID: 33846060142     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120050233     Document Type: Article

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