Constraints from precariously balanced rocks on preferred rupture directions for large earthquakes on the southern San Andreas Fault

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-241

  Olsen, Kim ^a   Brune, James ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite difference simulation; Long period ground motion; Precariously balanced rocks; Rupture directivity; San Andreas Fault

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GROUND MOTION; SAN ANDREAS FAULT;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; SAN GORGONIO PASS; UNITED STATES;

GORGONIA;

EID: 41549111624     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-007-9078-7     Document Type: Article

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