Late Quaternary slip rate gradient defined using high-resolution topography and 10Be dating of offset landforms on the southern San Jacinto Fault zone, California

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Blisniuk, Kimberly ^a   Rockwell, Thomas ^b   Owen, Lewis A ^c   Oskin, Michael ^a   Lippincott, Caitlin ^b   Caffee, Marc W ^d   Dortch, Jason ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; DATING METHOD; DEFORMATION; LANDFORM; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; QUATERNARY; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SLIP RATE;

CALIFORNIA; SAN JACINTO FAULT ZONE; UNITED STATES;

CANIS LATRANS;

EID: 77955537251     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006346     Document Type: Article

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