Potential earthquake faults offshore Southern California, from the eastern Santa Barbara Channel south to Dana Point

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 454, Issue , 2009, Pages 271-290

  Fisher, Michael A ^a   Sorlien, Christopher C ^b   Sliter, Ray W ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; HAZARDS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; HISTORICAL SEISMICITY; RECENT RESEARCHES; SANTA BARBARA CHANNELS; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; STRAIN PARTITIONING; STRONG EARTHQUAKES; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

FAULT SLIPS;

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULTING; FOCAL MECHANISM; HISTORICAL RECORD; MESOZOIC; MIOCENE; OBLIQUE FAULT; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLIOCENE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; STRAIN PARTITIONING; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST FAULT;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; COAST RANGES; DANA POINT; MALIBU; PACIFIC OCEAN; SANTA BARBARA BASIN; SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL; SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS; TRANSVERSE RANGES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75149170961     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2454(4.4)     Document Type: Article

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