Physics
Scientific paper
Nov 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001georl..28.4315m&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 28, Issue 22, p. 4315-4318
Physics
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Geodesy And Gravity: Crustal Movements-Interplate, Geodesy And Gravity: Seismic Deformations, Tectonophysics: Plate Boundary-General, Tectonophysics: Plate Motions-Present And Recent
Scientific paper
We present a first-order method for modeling broadscale deformation consistent with both plate tectonic motions and elastic strain accumulation on plate boundary faults. Interseismic deformation is assumed to be a superposition of long-term rigid-body motions between faults, defined by angular velocities of spherical plates, and backslip on shallow locked portions of faults in an elastic half-space. This method is applied to 1993-2000 continuous GPS data from 35 sites in a profile from the San Francisco Bay area, northern California, to eastern Nevada. Deformation is consistent, within the 1mmyr-1 uncertainties of the estimated site velocities, with a simple 10-parameter model using 6 rigid plates and 3 locked San Andreas system faults.
Murray Mark H.
Segall Paul
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