Late Pleistocene structural evolution of the Camarillo fold belt: Implications for lateral fault growth and seismic hazard in Southern California

Lithosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 91-109

  DeVecchio, Duane E ^a   Keller, Edward A ^a   Fuchs, Markus ^b   Owen, Lewis A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAZARDS; LUMINESCENCE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT-SLIP RATES; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; STRUCTURAL DOMAINS; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION;

FAULT SLIPS;

DISPLACEMENT; FAULT PROPAGATION; FOLD BELT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE; PLEISTOCENE; SEISMIC HAZARD; STICK-SLIP; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870830836     PISSN: 19418264     EISSN: 19474253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/L136.1     Document Type: Article

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