The tectonic crustal stress field and style of faulting along the Pacific North America plate boundary in southern California

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 100-117

  Yang, Wenzheng ^a   Hauksson, Egill ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental margins: transform; Crustal structure; Dynamics: seismotectonics; High strain deformation zones; North America; Seismicity and tectonics

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGINS: TRANSFORMS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DYNAMICS: SEISMOTECTONICS; HIGH STRAIN DEFORMATION ZONES; NORTH AMERICA; SEISMICITY AND TECTONICS;

STRAIN RATE; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULTING; FOCAL MECHANISM; GEODYNAMICS; GPS; PLATE BOUNDARY; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMOTECTONICS; SHEAR ZONE; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS FIELD; TECTONIC SETTING; TREND ANALYSIS; UPPER MANTLE;

CAJON PASS; CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; IMPERIAL VALLEY; PENINSULAR RANGES; SAN JACINTO FAULT ZONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879495503     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt113     Document Type: Article

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