Near-surface location, geometry, and velocities of the Santa Monica Fault Zone, Los Angeles, California

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 124-138

  Catchings, R D ^a   Gandhok, G ^a   Goldman, M R ^a   Okaya, D ^b   Rymer, M J ^a   Bawden, G W ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; SEISMIC WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FAULT STRANDS; FAULT ZONE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SLIP RATES; TOMOGRAPHIC VELOCITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT SCARP; FAULT ZONE; IMAGE RESOLUTION; P-WAVE; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SLIP RATE; TOPOGRAPHY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA MONICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40649084406     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120020231     Document Type: Article

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