Apparent vertical Moho offsets under continental strike-slip faults from lithology contrasts in the seismogenic crust

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2757-2763

  Schulte Pelkum, Vera ^a   Ben Zion, Yehuda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERTED WAVE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEEP STRUCTURE; DIFFERENT STRUCTURE; HOMOGENOUS MODELS; LITHOSPHERIC DEFORMATION; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS; SURFACE DISPLACEMENT; TELESEISMIC; UPPER CRUST;

LITHOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; GEODYNAMICS; LITHOLOGY; MOHO; PARTITIONING; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TELESEISMIC WAVE; UPPER CRUST;

EID: 84870732195     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120120139     Document Type: Article

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