Fault slip rates from three-dimensional models of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, California

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Cooke, Michele L ^a   Marshall, Scott T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TECTONICS;

FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT SLIP RATES; MODEL PREDICTIONS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

FAULT SLIP; METROPOLITAN AREA; SLIP RATE; TECTONIC PLATE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES; NORTH AMERICA; PALOS VERDES PENINSULA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248551653     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027850     Document Type: Article

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