Crustal structure across the San Andreas Fault at the SAFOD site from potential field and geologic studies

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  McPhee, Darcy K ^a   Jachens, Robert C ^a   Wentworth, Carl M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; GRANITE; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCK DRILLING; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; SERPENTINE; MAGNETISM; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC GRANITIC ROCK; SAN ANDREAS FAULT (SAF); SURFACE GEOLOGY;

GEOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GRAVITY SURVEY; MAGNETIC SURVEY; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SERPENTINITE;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GRANITIC ROCKS; PILOT HOLES; POTENTIAL FIELD; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SERPENTINITE;

EID: 6044248859     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019363     Document Type: Article

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