Probabilistic seismic hazard in the San Francisco Bay area based on a simplified viscoelastic cycle model of fault interactions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Pollitz, Fred F ^a   Schwartz, David P ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULTING; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC HAZARD; VISCOELASTICITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55449134956     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005227     Document Type: Article

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