Can compliant fault zones be used to measure absolute stresses in the upper crust?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Hearn, E H ^c   Fialko, Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; ELASTIC MODULUS; FAULT ZONE; HECTOR MINE EARTHQUAKE 1999; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMICITY; TRAPPED WAVE; UPPER CRUST;

CALIFORNIA; JOHNSON VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69249141876     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005901     Document Type: Article

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