Single- and multigrain luminescence dating of sediments related to the Greenville fault, Eastern San Francisco bay area, California

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1051-1072

  Berger, Glenn W ^a   Sawyer, Thomas L ^b   Unruh, Jeffery R ^c  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Piedmont Geosciences   (United States)

^c William Lettis and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FANS; EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCES; FAULT ZONE; GEOMORPHIC EVIDENCE; HOLOCENES; INFILLING; LATE QUATERNARY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MAINSHOCK; MULTI-GRAIN; PALEO-CHANNEL; PEDOGENIC CARBONATES; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA , CALIFORNIA; SAND FRACTION; SAND GRAINS; SINGLE ALIQUOT REGENERATIVE DOSE; SLIP RATES; STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; URBAN AREAS;

LANDFORMS; LUMINESCENCE; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SILT; STRATIGRAPHY;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ALLUVIAL FAN; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULTING; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE SEDIMENT; NORMAL FAULT; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; URBAN AREA;

CALIFORNIA; LIVERMORE; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952638709     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120090310     Document Type: Article

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