Restraining segments and reactivation of the Santa Monica-Dume-Malibu Coast fault system, offshore Los Angeles, California

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Sorlien, Christopher C ^a   Kamerling, Marc J ^a,b   Seeber, Leonardo ^c   Broderick, Kris G ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Venoco Inc   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT GEOMETRY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STRATIGRAPHY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547870603     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003632     Document Type: Article

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