Imaging the deep structure of the San Andreas Fault south of Hollister with joint analysis of fault zone head and direct P arrivals

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1028-1042

  Lewis, M A ^a   Ben Zion, Y ^a   McGuire, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault models; Head waves; Interfaces; Low velocity zone; Seismic velocities; Tomography

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; JOINT; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN ANDREAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250155329     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03319.x     Document Type: Article

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