Deep rock damage in the san andreas fault revealed by P- and S-type fault-zone-guided waves

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 359, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-53

  Ellsworth, William L ^a   Malin, Peter E ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT SLIP; FAULT ZONE; P-WAVE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC WAVE;

CALIFORNIA; SAN ANDREAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84055176128     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP359.3     Document Type: Article

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