Seismotectonics and fault structure of the California Central Coast

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1031-1050

  Hardebeck, Jeanne L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D SEISMIC; 3D-VELOCITY; ARRIVAL TIME; CALIFORNIA; CROSS CORRELATIONS; DIFFERENCE METHOD; EARTHQUAKE RELOCATION; FAULT STRUCTURE; FAULT SYSTEM; FOCAL MECHANISM; LATERAL VARIATIONS; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; REVERSE FAULTING; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRIKE-SLIP MECHANISM; STRIKE-SLIP MOTION; VERTICAL DOWN; VERTICAL FAULT; WAVE FORMS;

FOCUSING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARRIVAL TIME; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; FAULT ZONE; FOCAL MECHANISM; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

CALIFORNIA; ESTERO BAY; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952619972     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120090307     Document Type: Article

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