Wrightwood and the earthquake cycle: What a long recurrence record tells us about how faults work

GSA Today

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 4-10

  Weldon, Ray ^a   Scharer, Katherine ^a   Fumal, Thomas ^b   Biasi, Glenn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT SLIP; PALEOSEISMICITY; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; STRAIN RATE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WRIGHTWOOD;

EID: 4744370299     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/1052-5173(2004)014<4:WATECW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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