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Source mechanisms for Wilmington Oil Field, California, subsidence earthquakes
Robert L. Kovach
Source mechanisms for Wilmington Oil Field, California, subsidence earthquakes
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (1974) 64 (3, Part 1): 699-711
Source mechanisms for Wilmington Oil Field, California, subsidence earthquakes
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (1974) 64 (3, Part 1): 699-711
Index Terms/Descriptors
- amplitude
- California
- causes
- earthquakes
- elastic waves
- engineering geology
- geologic hazards
- guided waves
- land subsidence
- Los Angeles California
- Los Angeles County California
- mechanism
- oil and gas fields
- petroleum
- production
- Rayleigh waves
- seismic waves
- seismograms
- seismology
- spectra
- surface waves
- theoretical studies
- United States
- Wilmington California
- Wilmington Field
- southwest
- withdrawal
- man-made
Latitude & Longitude
Abstract
Surface subsidence (caused by the extensive withdrawal of oil) produced horizontal shear stresses relieved several times by sudden horizontal movements
ISSN: 0037-1106
EISSN: 1943-3573
Coden: BSSAAP
Serial Title: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
Serial Volume: 64
Serial Issue: 3, Part 1
Title: Source mechanisms for Wilmington Oil Field, California, subsidence earthquakes
Author(s): Kovach, Robert L.
Pages: 699-711
Published: 1974
Text Language: English
Publisher: Seismological Society of America,
Berkeley, CA,
United States
Accession Number: 1974-030583
Categories: Seismology
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus. (incl. sketch maps)
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N33°46'60" - N33°46'60", W118°16'00" - W118°16'00"
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2024, American Geosciences Institute.
Update Code: 1974
