Initiation of the San Jacinto fault and its interaction with the San Andreas Fault: Insights from geodynamic modeling

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 164, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1937-1945

  Li, Qingsong ^a,b   Liu, Mian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault interaction; Finite element model; Restraining bend; San Andreas Fault; Strain localization

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEODYNAMICS; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SHEAR ZONE; SLIP RATE; STRAIN;

NORTH AMERICA; SAN JACINTO FAULT ZONE;

EID: 34948891008     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-007-0262-z     Document Type: Article

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