Detailed mapping and rupture implications of the 1 km releasing bend in the rodgers creek fault at Santa Rosa, Northern California

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 575-594

  Hecker, S ^a   Langenheim, V E ^a   Williams, R A ^b   Hitchcock, C S ^c   DeLong, S B ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c InfraTerraInc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BUILDINGS; CREEP; EARTHQUAKES; FRICTION; GEOPHYSICS; OPTICAL RADAR; RIVERS;

EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY; FRICTIONAL RESISTANCE; HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKES; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; MAGNETIC BASEMENT; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SUBSURFACE CONDITIONS; VERTICAL DEFORMATION;

FAULTING;

CREEP; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULTING; LIDAR; MAPPING; SEISMICITY;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84964077888     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120150152     Document Type: Article

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