Evidence of long-term weakness on seismogenic faults in western North America from dynamic modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Klein, Elliot C ^a   Flesch, Lucy M ^b   Holt, William E ^a   Haines, A John ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUST; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT ZONE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE BOUNDARY; PORE PRESSURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67649865875     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007jb005201     Document Type: Article

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