Rheological controls on fault loading rates in northern California following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake

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Jan 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004georl..3101606k&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 31, Issue 1, CiteID L01606

Physics

Geophysics

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Geodesy And Gravity: Rheology Of The Lithosphere And Mantle (8160), Mathematical Geophysics: Modeling, Seismology: Earthquake Dynamics And Mechanics, Seismology: Seismic Hazard Assessment And Prediction, Tectonophysics: Stresses-Crust And Lithosphere

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To estimate seismic hazard in complex, multiple fault systems, it is necessary to understand how stresses within the system are transferred. Accurate estimates of loading rate due to far-field tectonic motion and postseismic transients following large earthquakes are required. Using plausible lower crustal rheologies constrained by observations following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, I show that postseismic relaxation may play a significant role in reloading the coseismic fault, providing 60-80% of the stress released during great earthquakes. Further, postseismic stressing rates along neighboring faults are highly dependent on the geometry and rheology of the lower crust/upper mantle. This implies that tectonic loading rate estimates are also highly dependent on lower crustal/upper mantle structure. Thus, improvement of seismic hazard estimates within complex, multiple fault systems is dependent on a better understanding of structure and rheology at depth.

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