Constancy of geologic slip rate along the central Garlock fault: Implications for strain accumulation and release in southern California

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 745-760

  Ganev, Plamen N ^a,d   Dolan, James F ^a   Mcgill, Sally F ^b   Frankel, Kurt L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d AERA ENERGY LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental neotectonics; Continental tectonics: strike slip and transform; Geomorphology; North America; Tectonics and climatic interactions

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FANS; AVERAGE RATE; CLIMATE EVENT; CONTINENTAL TECTONICS; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDES; ELASTIC STRAIN; ELASTIC STRAIN ENERGY; FASTER RATES; GARLOCK; GEOLOGIC SLIP RATES; LOWER BOUNDS; LOWER CRUST; NEOTECTONICS; NORTH AMERICA; SLIP RATES; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; STRAIN ACCUMULATIONS; SUMMER MONSOON RAINFALL; YOUNGER DRYAS;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; TECTONICS;

FAULT SLIPS;

ALLUVIAL FAN; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; FAULT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; NEOTECTONICS; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; THALWEG; YOUNGER DRYAS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863774333     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05494.x     Document Type: Article

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