Regional tectonic stress near the San Andreas fault in central and southern California

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2004, Pages

  Townend, J ^a   Zoback, M D ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; GEOPHYSICS; LITHOGRAPHY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

LITHOSPHERIC BUOYANCY; STRESS ORIENTATIONS; TECTONIC STRESS;

TECTONICS;

IN SITU STRESS; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; STRESS FIELD; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 7044280211     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018918     Document Type: Article

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