Fault coupling and potential for earthquakes on the creeping section of the central San Andreas Fault

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 4414-4428

  Maurer, Jeremy ^a   Johnson, Kaj ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

block models; GPS; InSAR; moment; San Andreas Fault

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; CREEP; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT SLIP; GPS; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC MOMENT; SHEAR MODULUS; SLIP RATE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902504620     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JB010741     Document Type: Article

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