Seismotectonics of an evolving intracontinental plate boundary, southeastern California

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 447, Issue , 2009, Pages 351-372

  Unruh, Jeffrey ^a   Hauksson, Egill ^b  

^a William Lettis and Associates Inc   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lithospheric dynamics; Neotectonics; Seismicity; Seismotectonics

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULTING; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

DOUBLE DIFFERENCES; EASTERN CALIFORNIA; LITHOSPHERIC; NEOTECTONICS; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA; WAVEFORM CROSS CORRELATION;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL THINNING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FOCAL MECHANISM; MICROPLATE; NEOTECTONICS; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SHEAR ZONE; TRANSTENSION; UPPER MANTLE;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; WALKER LANE;

EID: 75449117859     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2447(16)     Document Type: Article

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