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- Title
- Crustal Structure of the Coastal and Marine San Francisco Bay Region, California.
- File
- PB2003102797.pdf
- Author(s)
- Parsons, T.
- Source
- January 2002, 151 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- PP-1658
- Abstract
- This volume thus contains mostly structural information about the San Francisco Bay region, much of it gathered through exploratory geophysical experiments. The volume is organized 'top down' from studies in the shallowest crust to the base the crust. The first three chapters are linked through their use of novel geophysical techniques to study earthquake effects, coseismic slip, and shallow stratigraphy. Kayen and others examine crustal structure at very high resolution and demonstrate the use of ground-penetrating-radar tomography to measure the liquefaction potential of coastal sedimentary deposits. The last four chapters are dedicated to studies of fault-related structure of the seismogenic crust in and around the San Andreas Fault system in the San Francisco Bay region. The last two chapter present the results of the seismic data that have been analyzed.
- Keywords
- Geophysics; Seismic data; Geologic faults; Marine geology; Tectonics; California; San Francisco Bay; Geologic structures; Earth crust; San Francisco (California); Ground penetrating radar; Seismic effects; Earthquakes