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Earthquake epicenters and fault intersections in central and southern California

Author
Silverstein, J.
Published
Dec 1, 1972.
Physical Description
1 electronic document
Additional Creators
Abdel-Gawad, M.
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Summary
The author has identifed the following significant results. ERTS-1 imagery provided evidence for the existence of short transverse fault segments lodged between faults of the San Andreas system in the Coast Ranges, California. They indicate that an early episode of transverse shear has affected the Coast Ranges prior to the establishment of the present San Andreas fault. The fault has been offset by transverse faults of the Transverse Ranges. It appears feasible to identify from ERTS-1 imagery geomorphic criteria of recent fault movements. Plots of historic earthquakes in the Coast Ranges and western Transverse Ranges show clusters in areas where structures are complicated by interaction of tow active fault systems. A fault lineament apparently not previously mapped was identified in the Uinta Mountains, Utah. Part of the lineament show evidence of recent faulting which corresponds to a moderate earthquake cluster.
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Collection
NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
Note
Document ID: 19730004626.
Accession ID: 73N13353.
E72-10304.
SC691.3PR.
NASA-CR-129553.
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