Geodetic constraints on frictional properties and earthquake hazard in the Imperial Valley, Southern California

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1097-1113

  Lindsey, Eric O ^a,b   Fialko, Yuri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

blind fault; creep; earthquake hazard; Imperial Fault; InSAR; interseismic

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; CREEP; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT ZONE; GPS; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; SATELLITE DATA; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

CALIFORNIA; IMPERIAL VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959045792     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JB012516     Document Type: Article

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