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January 1, 1962

Crustal structure along the coast of California from seismic-refraction measurements Crustal structure along the coast of California from seismic-refraction measurements

Two reversed seismic-refraction profiles were recorded between Los Angeles and San Francisco in 1961. The three shotpoints were located in Santa Monica Bay, offshore near San Francisco, and at Camp Roberts, about halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. The velocity of Pg along these profiles is 6.1 ± 0.1 km/sec, with possible exceptions near San Francisco and near Los Angeles...

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J. H. Healy

Natural Hazards Mission Area, Earthquake Hazards Program, Earthquake Science Center