A proposed mid-holocene age definition for hazardous faults in California

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-64

  Shlemon, Roy J ^a  

^a Roy J Shlemon and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Alquist Priolo Act; California; Geologic Hazards; Hazardous Fault; Structural Mitigation; Surface Fault Rupture

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CALIFORNIA; ENGINEERING DESIGN; ENGINEERING SCIENCE; FAMILY STRUCTURE; FAULT RUPTURES; GEOLOGIC HAZARDS; GEOLOGIC PROCESS; HOLOCENES; LESSONS LEARNED; NATURAL HAZARD; NEAR-SURFACE; NEW SCIENCE; NON-RIGID; PLEISTOCENE; POTENTIAL SURFACES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELATIVE HAZARDS; TECHNICAL ADVISORY; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES;

HAZARDS;

ACTIVE FAULT; ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; GEOLOGICAL HAZARD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; MITIGATION; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RUPTURE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955566492     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.16.1.55     Document Type: Article

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