Paleoseismologic evidence for multiple Holocene earthquakes on the Calico fault: Implications for earthquake clustering in the Eastern California shear zone

Lithosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 287-298

  Ganev, Plamen N ^a   Dolan, James F ^a   Blisniuk, Kimberly ^b   Oskin, Mike ^b   Owen, Lewis A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTTON FABRICS; FAULTING; LUMINESCENCE;

EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY; EARTHQUAKE CLUSTERING; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EASTERN CALIFORNIA; HOLOCENE EARTHQUAKES; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; SEISMIC-MOMENT RELEASE; SURFACE RUPTURES;

EARTHQUAKES;

DATA SET; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; FISSURE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; HOLOCENE; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMIC MOMENT; SHEAR ZONE; SLIP RATE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

LOESELIASTRUM;

EID: 78549274808     PISSN: 19418264     EISSN: 19474253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/L82.1     Document Type: Article

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