Deducing paleoearthquake timing and recurrence from paleoseismic data, Part II: Analysis of paleoseismic excavation data and earthquake behavior along the central and southern San Andreas fault

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 407-439

  Hilley, G E ^a   Young, J J ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; EXCAVATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

PALEOEARTHQUAKE; PALEOSEISMIC EXCAVATION; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENTS;

EARTHQUAKES;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CORRELATION; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EXCAVATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PALEOSEISMICITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC DATA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 40549122358     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120070012     Document Type: Article

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