Physics
Scientific paper
Sep 1999
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999georl..26.2677s&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 26, Issue 17, p. 2677-2680
Physics
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Geodesy And Gravity: Crustal Movements-Interplate, Geodesy And Gravity: Space Geodetic Surveys, Seismology: Seismic Hazard Assessment And Prediction, Tectonophysics: Continental Neotectonics
Scientific paper
Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements from 1992 to 1995 indicate that the left-lateral Palu fault in central Sulawesi slips at a rate of 38+/-8mm/a with a locking depth between 2 and 8 km. From the measured slip rate and the historic seismicity of the fault, we estimate that the Palu fault currently has stored enough strain to produce a Mw>7 earthquake. The Palu and other nearby faults accommodate rapid clockwise rotation of nearly 4°/Ma of E Sulawesi relative to eastern Sunda. The rotation of east Sulawesi transfers E-W shortening between the Pacific and Eurasian plates to N-S subduction of the Celebes Basin beneath Sulawesi.
Bock Yehuda
Genrich J.
McCaffrey Robert
Puntodewo S. O. S.
Stevens Colin
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