Power-law distribution of fault slip-rates in southern California

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 23, 2007, Pages

  Meade, Brendan J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CONTINUUM DEFORMATION MODEL; FAULT SLIP-RATE; FAULT SYSTEM; PLATE BOUNDARY ZONE;

TECTONICS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DEFORMATION; FAULT SLIP; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; POWER LAW; SLIP RATE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39049165651     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031454     Document Type: Article

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