Late quaternary slip rate on the Kern Canyon fault at Soda Spring, Tulare County, California

Lithosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 411-417

  Amos, Colin B ^a   Kelson, Keith I ^a   Rood, Dylan H ^b,c   Simpson, David T ^d   Rose, Ronn S ^e  

^a William Lettis and Associates Inc   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^e US Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; OPTICAL RADAR; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; TOPOGRAPHY;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FAULT-SLIP RATES; INTERNAL DEFORMATION; MORAINE BOULDERS; NORMAL DISPLACEMENT; SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA; TECTONIC DEVELOPMENT; TERMINAL MORAINES;

FAULT SLIPS;

CANYON; CRETACEOUS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE; FAULT SLIP; GLACIAL EROSION; LIDAR; MORAINE; NEOGENE; QUATERNARY; SLIP RATE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY; TRENCH;

CALIFORNIA; KERN RIVER; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; TULARE COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649389404     PISSN: 19418264     EISSN: 19474253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/L100.1     Document Type: Article

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