San Andreas fault geometry through the San Gorgonio Pass, California

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-122

  Dair, Laura ^a   Cooke, Michele L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CALIFORNIA; FAULT GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL MODELS; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SLIP RATES; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL METHODS; TECTONICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION; DIP-SLIP FAULT; FAULT GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPLIFT;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA; SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS; SAN GORGONIO PASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69649102633     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25101A.1     Document Type: Article

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