A new perspective on the Geometry of the San Andreas fault in southern California and its relationship to Lithospheric structure

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 236-251

  Fuis, Gary S ^a   Scheirer, Daniel S ^a   Langenheim, Victoria E ^a   Kohler, Monica D ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH VELOCITY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MOJAVE DESERT; PACIFIC PLATES; PLATE BOUNDARIES; SALTON SEA; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; STRONG GROUND MOTION; UPPER MANTLE;

STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

TECTONICS;

DIP; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT GEOMETRY; GROUND MOTION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PACIFIC PLATE; PERCEPTION; PLATE BOUNDARY; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMICITY; STRONG MOTION; TECTONICS;

CALIFORNIA; SAN ANDREAS; TRANSVERSE RANGES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857184726     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120110041     Document Type: Article

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