Scientific drilling into the san andreas fault zone

Eos

Volumn 91, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 197-199

  Zoback, Mark ^a   Hickman, Stephen ^b   Ellsworth, William ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; FAULT ZONE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; TSUNAMI;

CALIFORNIA; CHILE; CHINA; HAITI; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SAN ANDREAS; TURKEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954237125     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010EO220001     Document Type: Article

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