Stress evolution of the San Andreas fault system: Recurrence interval versus locking depth

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 13, 2009, Pages

  Smith Konter, Bridget ^a,b   Sandwell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATED STRESS; CRUSTAL DEPTH; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE INTERVALS; GEODETIC MEASUREMENTS; PAST AND PRESENT; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; STRESS ACCUMULATION; STRESS EVOLUTION; THRESHOLD STRESS;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT; GEODESY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SLIP; STRESS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRESHOLD;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN ANDREAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349254107     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL037235     Document Type: Article

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