Where is the real transform boundary in California?

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Platt, John P ^a   Becker, Thorsten W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geodesy; San Andreas Fault; Shear zone; Slip rate; Strike slip

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954401381     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003060     Document Type: Article

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