Strike-slip fault terminations at seismogenic depths: The structure and kinematics of the Glacier Lakes fault, Sierra Nevada United States

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Kirkpatrick, James D ^a   Shipton, Z K ^a   Evans, J P ^b   Micklethwaite, S ^c   Lim, S J ^b   McKillop, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; COMPLEXITY; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULTING; FOCAL MECHANISM; GEOMETRY; HOST ROCK; KINEMATICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45149098415     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005311     Document Type: Article

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