First geodetic measurement of convergence across the Java Trench

Details First geodetic measurement of convergence across the Java Trench First geodetic measurement of convergence across the Java Trench

Sep 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994georl..21.2135t&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 21, no. 19, p. 2135-2138

Physics

32

Australia, Convergence, Earth Movements, Fissures (Geology), Plates (Tectonics), Geodetic Surveys, Global Positioning System, Ocean Bottom, Subduction (Geology)

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Convergence across the Java Trench has been estimated for the first time, from annual Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements commencing in 1989. The directions of motion of Christmas and Cocos Island are within 1 deg of that predicted by the No-Net Rotation (NNR) NUVEL-1 plate motion model for the Australian plate although their rates are 25% and 37% less than predcited, respectively. The motion of West Java differs significantly from the NNR NUVEL-1 prediction for the Eurasian plate with a 1 deg difference in direction and a 40% increase in rate. We infer that either West Java moves with a distinct Southeast Asian plate or this region experiences plate margin deformation. The convergence of Christmas Island with respect to West Java is 67 +/- mm/yr in a direction N11 deg E +/- 4 deg which is orthogonal to the trench. The magnitude of convergence agrees well with rescaled NUVEL-1 relative plate model which predicts a value of 71 mm/yr between Australia and Eurasia. The direction of motion matches the direction inferred from earthquake slip vectors at the trench but may be more northerly than the N20 deg E +/- 3 deg predicted by NUVEL-1. On June 2, 1994, almost a year after the last GPS survey, an M(sub W) = 7.5 earthquake with slip vector direction N5 deg occurred south of central Java.

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