Structure and properties of the San Andreas fault in central California: Recent results from the SAFOD experiment

Scientific Drilling

Volumn , Issue 1 SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 29-32

  Hickman, Stephen ^a   Zoback, Mark ^b   Ellsworth, William ^a   Boness, Naomi ^c   Malin, Peter ^d   Roecker, Steven ^e   Thurber, Clifford ^f  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 51449106268     PISSN: 18168957     EISSN: 18163459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2204/iodp.sd.s01.39.2007     Document Type: Note

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