Six similar sequential ruptures of the San Andreas fault, Carrizo plain, California

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 649-652

  Liu, Jing ^a   Klinger, Yann ^b   Sieh, Kerry ^a   Rubin, Charles ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Fault; Paleoseismology; Rupture; San Andreas

Indexed keywords

OFFSETS; RUPTURES; CALIFORNIA; DEXTRAL OFFSETS; FAULT SYSTEM; FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES; PALEOSEISMOLOGY; RUPTURE; SAN ANDREAS; SAN ANDREAS FAULT;

CONTROL SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; RUPTURE DISKS; EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING; GEOLOGY;

GEOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT SLIP; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; PALEOSEISMICITY; RUPTURE; TECTONIC SETTING;

CALIFORNIA; CARRIZO PLAIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344667354     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20478.1     Document Type: Article

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