Re-evaluation of heat flow data near Parkfield, CA: Evidence for a weak San Andreas Fault

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2004, Pages

  Fulton, Patrick M ^a   Saffer, Demian M ^a   Harris, Robert N ^b   Bekins, Barbara A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; REFRACTION; TOPOLOGY;

PARKFIELD; THERMAL DATA;

HEAT TRANSFER;

BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; HEAT FLOW; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; STRENGTH; WEAK ROCK;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PARKFIELD; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7244234028     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL019378     Document Type: Article

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