Geologic and structural controls on rupture zone fabric: A field-based study of the 2010 Mw 7.2 El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake surface rupture

Geosphere

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 899-920

  Teran, Orlando J ^a   Fletcher, John M ^a   Oskin, Michael E ^b   Rockwell, Thomas K ^c   Hudnut, Kenneth W ^d   Spelz, Ronald M ^e   Akciz, Sinan O ^f   Hernandez Flores, Ana Paula ^a   Morelan, Alexander E ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FRACTURE; OPTICAL RADAR; SLIP FORMING; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BAJA CALIFORNIA; DIFFERENCE MODELS; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; LIDAR (LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING); MOMENT MAGNITUDES; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; SURFACE RUPTURES; TESTING HYPOTHESIS;

FAULTING;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT ZONE; FIELD METHOD; LITHOLOGY; SEISMIC ZONE; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84936160632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES01078.1     Document Type: Article

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