Slip rate of the Calico fault: Implications for geologic versus geodetic rate discrepancy in the Eastern California Shear Zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Oskin, Michael ^a   Perg, Lesley ^b   Blumentritt, Dylan ^b   Mukhopadhyay, Sujoy ^c   Iriondo, Alexander ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOULDER; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT; FOLDING; GEODESY; PALEOSEISMICITY; PAVEMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SHEAR ZONE; SLIP RATE; STRAIN;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LOESELIASTRUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34548399636     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004451     Document Type: Article

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