학술논문
Escape tectonics in the Los Angeles metropolitan region and implications for seismic risk.
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Article
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*GEOLOGIC faults
*EARTHQUAKE hazard analysis
*STRUCTURAL geology
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ISSN
0028-0836
Abstract
Presents research which demonstrated that a significant component of seismic moment release and shortening in the Los Angeles, California, region is due to extrusion along known strike-slip and oblique-slip faults. Prevalence of thrust faults in the area; Use of Global Positioning System geodetic measurements.