Structure and mechanics of the San Andreas-San Gregorio fault junction, San Francisco, California

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Parsons, Tom ^a   Bruns, Terry R ^a   Sliter, Ray ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Faults; Finite element model; San Andreas; Seismic reflection; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 38549133700     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GC000838     Document Type: Article

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