Journal
GEOLOGY
Volume 39, Issue 7, Pages 627-630Publisher
GEOLOGICAL SOC AMER, INC
DOI: 10.1130/G32120.1
Keywords
-
Categories
Funding
- Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC)
- National Science Foundation [EAR-0106924]
- U.S. Geological Survey [02HQAG0008]
- Division Of Earth Sciences
- Directorate For Geosciences [0952280] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Ask authors/readers for more resources
In Southern California, slip rates derived from geodesy-constrained elastic models are lower than geologic rates along the Mojave and San Bernardino segments of the San Andreas fault and the Garlock fault. In contrast, the summed geodetic rate across the Mojave eastern California shear zone (ECSZ) is significantly higher than the summed geologic rate. We show that geodetic and geologic slip rates in Southern California can be reconciled using a viscoelastic earthquake cycle model that explicitly incorporates time-dependent deformation due to nonsteady interseismic fault creep in the lower crust and viscous flow in the upper mantle. To reconcile geologic and geodetic model rates, our model requires that the southern San Andreas fault and the Garlock fault are in the late stages of the earthquake cycle, resulting in lower current deformation rates than the cycle-averaged rate. Our model implies that the ECSZ and the San Jacinto faults are in the early stages of the earthquake cycle, resulting in high current deformation rates.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available