Wilshire fault : earthquakes in Hollywood?

• Main Authors: Hummon, Cheryl, Sieh, Kerry, Schneider, Craig L., Yeats, Robert S., Dolan, James F., Huftile, Gary J.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Geology::Volcanoes and earthquakes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95493; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/9375
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Wilshire fault is a potentially seismogenic, blind thrust fault inferred to underlie and cause the Wilshire arch, a Quaternary fold in the Hollywood area, just west of downtown Los Angeles, California. Two inverse models, based on the Wilshire arch, allow us to estimate the location and slip rat...