Late Pleistocene slip rate along the Owens Valley fault, eastern California

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Kirby, Eric ^a   Anandakrishnan, Sridhar ^a   Phillips, Fred ^b   Marrero, Shasta ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; STRAIN RATE;

EASTERN CALIFORNIA SHEAR ZONE; OWENS VALLEY FAULT ZONE; PALEOSEISMIC SLIP-RATE;

SEISMOLOGY;

FAULT ZONE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SHEAR ZONE; SLIP RATE; STRAIN;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; OWENS VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41549154299     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031970     Document Type: Article

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