Stress modulation on the San Andreas fault by interseismic fault: System interactions

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1035-1038

  Loveless, John P ^a   Meade, Brendan J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEND REGIONS; BLOCK MODELS; COMPLEX FAULT SYSTEM; CYCLE PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE FREQUENCY; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE INTERVALS; ELASTIC STRAIN; ELASTIC STRAIN FIELDS; FAULT INTERACTIONS; FAULT SYSTEM; LOS ANGELES; NONLOCAL; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; STRESS ACCUMULATION; STRESS CHANGES; STRESS MODULATION; SYSTEM INTERACTIONS; TECTONIC PLATES;

STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKES;

ACCUMULATION RATE; COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLATE MOTION; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN ANALYSIS; TECTONIC PLATE;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; SAN ANDREAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855428865     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32215.1     Document Type: Article

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