Slip rates and spatially variable creep on faults of the northern San Andreas system inferred through bayesian inversion of global positioning system data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 6023-6047

  Murray, Jessica R ^a   Minson, Sarah E ^b   Svarc, Jerry L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inversion; fault creep; Global Positioning System; San Andreas system; slip rates

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CREEP; DATA INVERSION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; GPS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; SLIP RATE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRAIN;

CALIFORNIA; SAN ANDREAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84906215577     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JB010966     Document Type: Article

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