History and pre-history of earthquakes in wine and redwood country, Sonoma and Mendocino counties, California

GSA Field Guides

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages 339-372

  Hecker, Suzanne ^a   Kelsey, Harvey ^b   AbramsonWard, Hans ^c   Bawcom, Julie ^d   Boatwright, John ^a   Crampton, Todd ^c   Goldberg, Wayne ^e   Hanson, Kathryn L ^c   Langenheim, Victoria E ^a   Larsen, Mort ^b   LeBaron, Gaye ^f   McPhee, Darcy K ^a   McCormick, William V ^g   McLaughlin, Robert J ^a   McCabe, Craig A ^a   Schwartz, David P ^a   Simpson, Gary ^h   Swan, Frank H ⁱ  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Geomatrix Consultants   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e City Manager's Office   (United States)

^f Press Democrat   (United States)

^g KLEINFELDER   (United States)

^h SHN Consult Engineers Geologists   (United States)

ⁱ NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

1906 earthquake; Fault creep; Maacama fault; Paleoseismology; Rodgers Creek fault; Seismic focusing

Indexed keywords

CREEP; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; WINE;

FAULT CREEP; NORTH AMERICAN; PALEOSEISMOLOGY; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SLIP MOTIONS; STEADY CREEPS; TECTONIC PLATES;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 84915784926     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.1906SF(19)     Document Type: Article

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