Seismogenic strain and motion of the Oregon coast block

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-186

  Lewis, Jonathan C ^a   Unruh, Jeffrey R ^b   Twiss, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b William Lettis and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascadia; Crustal earthquakes; Oregon forearc; Seismic hazards; Seismogenic strain; Siesmicity

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE STRAIN;

BRITTLENESS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; DEFORMATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; STRAIN;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; GEODESY; GPS; SEISMIC HAZARD; STRAIN;

PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879887689     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0183:SSAMOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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