San Andreas fault geometry at Desert Hot Springs, California, and its effects on earthquake hazards and groundwater

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2190-2207

  Catchings, R D ^a   Rymer, M J ^a   Goldman, M R ^a   Gandhok, G ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; FAULT DIP; FAULT SYSTEM; FAULT ZONE; GEOLOGICAL DATA; GUIDED WAVE; HIGH VELOCITY; LOW-VELOCITY; MAINSHOCK; MULTIPLE FAULTS; NEAR-SURFACE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC IMAGE; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; WATER TABLES; WIDE AREA; WIDE ZONE;

AQUIFERS; EARTHQUAKES; HOT SPRINGS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; SEISMIC WAVES;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT ZONE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOTECTONICS;

CALIFORNIA; DESERT HOT SPRINGS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69549122573     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120080117     Document Type: Article

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