Crustal geophysics and seismicity in southern California

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-98

  Hauksson, Egill ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composition of the continental crust; Continental tectonics: strike slip and transform; Heat flow; Seismic cycle; Seismicity and tectonics

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CONTINENTAL TECTONICS; HEAT FLOWS; SEISMIC CYCLE; SEISMICITY AND TECTONICS;

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HEAT TRANSFER; ISOTHERMS; KINEMATICS; SEISMOGRAPHS; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRAIN; TECTONICS; TOPOGRAPHY;

STRAIN RATE;

AFTERSHOCK; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HEAT FLOW; PARAMETERIZATION; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; SHEAR STRAIN; STRAIN RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING; TOPOGRAPHY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 79959245188     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05042.x     Document Type: Article

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