Loading of the san andreas fault by flood-induced rupture of faults beneath the salton Sea

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 486-492

  Brothers, Daniel ^a   Kilb, Debi ^b   Luttrell, Karen ^b,d   Driscoll, Neal ^b   Kent, Graham ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COULOMB CRITERION; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; DESICCATION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FLOODING; LOADING TEST; NUCLEATION; PERIODICITY; PORE PRESSURE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; STRESS FIELD;

CALIFORNIA; SALTON SEA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959950752     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1184     Document Type: Article

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