Late holocene slip rate and ages of prehistoric earthquakes along the maacama fault near willits, Mendocino County, Northern California

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2966-2984

  Prentice, Carol S ^a   Larsen, Martin C ^b   Kelsey, Harvey M ^b   Zachariasen, Judith ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c URS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEP; DEPOSITS; EARTHQUAKES; GEODESY;

ACTIVE FAULT; BURIED CHANNELS; COSEISMIC SLIPS; FAULT SYSTEM; LARGE EARTHQUAKES; LATE HOLOCENE; PALEOEARTHQUAKE; PREHISTORIC EARTHQUAKES;

FAULT SLIPS;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; GEODESY; HOLOCENE; PALEOSEISMICITY; PREHISTORIC; SLIP RATE;

CALIFORNIA; MENDOCINO COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84915820989     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120140003     Document Type: Article

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