Coseismic deformation during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and range-front thrusting along the southwestern margin of the Santa Clara Valley, California

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1091-1094

  Langenheim, V E ^a   Schmidt, K M ^b   Jachens, R C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

AEROMAGNETIC; COSEISMIC DEFORMATION; DAMAGE ZONES; FRANCISCAN COMPLEX; LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKES; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SANTA CLARA VALLEY , CALIFORNIA; THRUST FAULTS;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE 1989; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

CALIFORNIA; SANTA CLARA VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879882280     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<1091:CDDTLP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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