| Abstract: | The 1957 Gobi-Altay earthquake was associated with both strike-slip and thrust faulting, processes similar to those along the San Andreas fault and the faults bounding the San Gabriel Mountains just north of Los Angeles, California. Clearly, a major rupture either on the San Andreas fault north of Los Angeles or on the thrust faults bounding the Los Angeles basin poses a serious hazard to inhabitants of that area. By analogy with the Gobi-Altay earthquake, we suggest that simultaneous rupturing of both the San Andreas fault and the thrust faults nearer Los Angeles is a real possibility that amplifies the hazard posed by ruptures on either fault system separately. |
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| Citation Author: | Bayarsayhan, C.; Bayasgalan, A.; Enhtuvshin, B.; Hudnut, K. W.; Kurushin, R. A.; Molnar, P.; Olziybat, M. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | 1957 Gobi-Altay, Mongolia, earthquake as a prototype for southern California‘s most devastating earthquake; 1996; Article; Journal; Geology; Bayarsayhan, C.; Bayasgalan, A.; Enhtuvshin, B.; Hudnut, K. W.; Kurushin, R. A.; Molnar, P.; Olziybat, M. |
| Citation Start Page: | 579 |
| Citation Volume: | 24 |
| Citation Year: | 1996 |
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| Text: | 1957 Gobi-Altay, Mongolia, earthquake as a prototype for southern California‘s most devastating earthquake; 1996; Article; Journal; Geology; Bayarsayhan, C.; Bayasgalan, A.; Enhtuvshin, B.; Hudnut, K. W.; Kurushin, R. A.; Molnar, P.; Olziybat, M. |
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| Date Other: | Mon, 1 Jan 1996 00:00 -0600 |
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