The Tejon Pass earthquake of 22 October 1916: An M 5.6 event on the Lockwood Valley and San Andreas faults, southern California

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1293-1304

  Meltzner, Aron J ^a   Rockwell, Thomas K ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LANDFORMS; MAPPING; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

DATA SETS; LOCKWOOD VALLEY FAULT; SURFACE RUPTURE;

EARTHQUAKES;

ALGORITHM; CRACKING; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GROUND MOVEMENT;

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

EID: 7244261890     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/012003204     Document Type: Article

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