Active tectonics of the eastern California shear zone

GSA Field Guides

Volumn 11, Issue , 2008, Pages 43-81

  Frankel, Kurt L ^a   Glazner, Allen F ^b   Kirby, Eric ^c   Monastero, Francis C ^d   Strane, Michael D ^b,e   Oskin, Michael E ^b   Unruh, Jeffrey R ^e   Walker, J Douglas ^f   Anandakrishnan, Sridhar ^c   Bartley, John M ^g   Coleman, Drew S ^b   Dolan, James F ^h   Finkel, Robert C ⁱ   Greene, Dave ^c   Kylander Clark, Andrew ^b,j   Marrero, Shasta ^k   Owen, Lewis A ^l   Phillips, Fred ^k  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^e William Lettis and Associates Inc   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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Author keywords

Earthquakes; Faults; Neotectonics; Slip rates

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; MAPPING; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHEAR FLOW; STRATIGRAPHY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

AIRBORNE LASER SWATH MAPPINGS; COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; NEOTECTONICS; PACIFIC-NORTH AMERICA; SLIP RATES; STRAIN ACCUMULATIONS; STRATIGRAPHIC MARKERS;

FAULT SLIPS;

EID: 76449112612     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.fld011(03)     Document Type: Article

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