Stalking the next Parkfield earthquake

Journal Article · Fri Jan 06 00:00:00 EST 1984 · Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/science.223.4631.36· OSTI ID:6827509

Kerr, R A

The 30-kilometer section of the San Andreas fault midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles is the most well understood and most intensely monitored fault in the world. The geology of the area, its rock mechanics, the study of its past earthquakes, and prediction efforts for the next quake are described.

• OSTI ID: 6827509
• Journal Information: Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States), Vol. 223
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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58 GEOSCIENCES
CALIFORNIA
EARTHQUAKES
FORECASTING
GEOLOGIC FAULTS
GEOLOGY
HISTORICAL ASPECTS
MONITORING
ROCK MECHANICS
SEISMICITY
FEDERAL REGION IX
GEOLOGIC FRACTURES
GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES
MECHANICS
NORTH AMERICA
SEISMIC EVENTS
USA
580201* - Geophysics- Seismology & Tectonics- (1980-1989)