Geophysical properties within the San Andreas Fault Zone at the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth and their relationships to rock properties and fault zone structure

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Jeppson, Tamara N ^a   Bradbury, Kelly K ^a   Evans, James P ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE LOGGING; DATA INVERSION; DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; FOLIATION; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; POROSITY; ROCK PROPERTY; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SANDSTONE; SHALE; SILTSTONE;

EID: 79251561240     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007563     Document Type: Article

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