Seismically active wedge structure beneath the Coalinga anticline, San Joaquin basin, California

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Guzofski, Chris A ^a,b   Shaw, John H ^a   Lin, Guoqing ^c   Shearer, Peter M ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; ANTICLINE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DETACHMENT FAULT; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GEOMETRY; KINEMATICS; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMOTECTONICS; TECTONIC WEDGE;

CALIFORNIA; COALINGA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN JOAQUIN BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548580867     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004465     Document Type: Article

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