Earthquake-by-earthquake fold growth above the Puente Hills blind thrust fault, Los Angeles, California: Implications for fold kinematics and seismic hazard

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Leon, Lorraine A ^a   Christofferson, Shari A ^a   Dolan, James F ^a   Shaw, John H ^b   Pratt, Thomas L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FOLDING; KINEMATICS; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SLIP RATE; THRUST FAULT; UPLIFT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PUENTE HILLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548559419     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004461     Document Type: Article

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