Interseismic strain accumulation on faults beneath Los Angeles, California

Geodetic data show that the Los Angeles metropolitan area is undergoing 8–9 mm/year of north‐south tectonic shortening associated with the Big Bend of the San Andreas Fault. This shortening has been linked to multiple damaging twentieth century thrust earthquakes as well as possible Mw ≥ 7.0 Holocen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rollins, Chris, Avouac, Jean-Philippe, Landry, Walter, Argus, Donald F., Barbot, Sylvain
Other Authors: Earth Observatory of Singapore
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89287
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/46187