Slip rates and off-fault deformation in Southern California inferred from GPS data and models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 5643-5664

  Johnson, K M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

kinematic models; slip rates

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULT SLIP; GEODESY; GPS; KINEMATICS; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SHEAR ZONE; SLIP RATE; VISCOELASTICITY;

CALIFORNIA; SAN ANDREAS; SAN JACINTO FAULT ZONE; UNITED STATES;

CARRIZO;

EID: 84889076232     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50365     Document Type: Article

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