Reconciling patterns of interseismic strain accumulation with thermal observations across the Carrizo segment of the San Andreas Fault

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 300, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 402-406

  Fulton, Patrick M ^a   Schmalzle, Gina ^b   Harris, Robert N ^a   Dixon, Timothy ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Geodesy; Heat flow; Overpressures; San Andreas Fault; Strain accumulation

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DUCTILE TRANSITIONS; FRANCISCAN COMPLEX; GEODETIC DATA; GPS DATA; HEAT FLOW; HEAT FLOWS; LOW YOUNG'S MODULUS; OVER-PRESSURES; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMICITY DATA; SHALLOW SEISMICITY; SLIP RATES; STRAIN ACCUMULATION; STRAIN ACCUMULATIONS; WIDE ZONE;

ELASTIC MODULI; GEODESY; SURVEYING;

HEAT TRANSFER;

GEODESY; GPS; HEAT FLOW; OVERPRESSURE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMICITY; SLIP RATE; STRAIN RATE;

CALIFORNIA; CARRIZO PLAIN; UNITED STATES;

CALLUNA VULGARIS; CARRIZO;

EID: 78649757009     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.10.024     Document Type: Article

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