Chemical and physical characteristics of pulverized tejon lookout granite adjacent to the San Andreas and garlock faults: Implications for earthquake physics

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 166, Issue 10-11, 2009, Pages 1725-1746

  Rockwell, Thomas ^a   Sisk, Matthew ^a   Girty, Gary ^a   Dor, Ory ^b,c   Wechsler, Neta ^b   Ben Zion, Yehuda ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake physics; Fault zone structure; Particle size distribution; Pulverized rocks; Rock weathering

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; GRANITE; PARTICLE SIZE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMOTECTONICS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WEATHERING;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349449252     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-009-0514-1     Document Type: Article

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