Seismicity and seismic stress in the Coso Range, Coso geothermal field, and Indian Wells Valley region, southeast-central California

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 195, Issue , 2002, Pages 243-257

  Bhattacharyya, Joydeep ^a   Lees, Jonathan M ^b  

^a Center for Monitoring Research Arlington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; LAKES; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

COSO GEOTHERMAL FIELD; EARTHQUAKE FOCAL MECHANISMS; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE; LATERAL VARIATIONS; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

FAULT SLIPS;

FOCAL MECHANISM; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HEAT FLOW; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMICITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CALIFORNIA; COSO GEOTHERMAL FIELD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79251500087     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-1195-9.243     Document Type: Article

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