학술논문

Escape tectonics in the Los Angeles metropolitan region and implications for seismic risk.
Document Type
Article
Source
Nature. 7/23/1998, Vol. 394 Issue 6691, p356. 5p. 2 Diagrams, 1 Chart, 6 Graphs, 4 Maps.
Subject
*GEOLOGIC faults
*EARTHQUAKE hazard analysis
*STRUCTURAL geology
Language
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.