Deformation near the Coyote Creek fault, Imperial County, California: Tectonic or groundwater-related?

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Mellors, Robert J ^a   Boisvert, Alex ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coyote creek fault; Groundwater; InSAR; Surface deformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349707179     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GC000254     Document Type: Article

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