Rupture lengths and temporal history of significant earthquakes on the offshore and north coast segments of the Northern San Andreas Fault based on turbidite stratigraphy

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 254, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 9-27

  Goldfinger, Chris ^a   Morey, Ann E ^a   Nelson, C Hans ^b   Gutiérrez Pastor, Julia ^b   Johnson, Joel E ^a   Karabanov, Eugene ^c   Chaytor, Jason ^a   Eriksson, Andrew ^a   Winkler, Mike ^d   Kalk, Pete ^d   Camarero, Antonio ^d   Morri, Clara ^d   Dunhill, Gita ^d   Ramos, Luis ^d   Raab, Alex ^d   Pisias, Nick ^d   Pourmanoutscheri, Mark ^d   Van Rooij, David ^d   Amy, Lawrence ^d   Liu, Churn Chi Charles ^d   Moser, Chris ^d   Etheridge, Devin ^d   Stenner, Heidi ^d   Popham, Chris ^d   McKee, Claire ^d   McMillan, Duncan ^d   Crosby, Chris ^d   Schmid, Susanne ^d   Gracia, Eulalia ^d   Lovelady, Suzanne ^d   Romsos, Chris ^d   Rinterknecht, Vincent ^d   Robison, Rondi ^d   Casas, David ^d   Charlet, Francois ^d   Hinrichsen, Britta ^d   Oxford, Jeremiah ^d   Marin, Miquel ^d   Mas, Marta ^d   Montes, Sergio ^d   Villalonga, Raquel ^d   Vizcaino, Alexis ^d   Jimenez, Santiago ^d   Pedrosa, Mayte ^d   Perez, Silvia ^d   Perez, Jorge ^d   Turra, Andreu ^d   Lamas, David ^d   Falcon, Himar ^d   Baranco, Andres ^d   Schwartz, David ^d   Zoback, Mary Lou ^d   Fumal, Tom ^d   Niemi, Tina ^d   more..

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Northern San Andreas Fault; Paleoseismology; Turbidite

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

MULTISENSOR CORE LOGGER; PALEOSEISMOLOGY; TURBIDITE STRATIGRAPHY;

EARTHQUAKES;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMOLOGY; TURBIDITE;

CALIFORNIA; CAPE MENDOCINO; MONTEREY BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

NOYO;

EID: 33846271439     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.11.017     Document Type: Article

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