Modulation of the earthquake cycle at the southern San Andreas fault by lake loading

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Luttrell, Karen ^a   Sandwell, David ^a   Smith Konter, Bridget ^a,b   Bills, Bruce ^a,c   Bock, Yehuda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; LAKE LEVEL; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; RUPTURE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT;

EID: 35348861806     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004752     Document Type: Article

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