Slip-rate increase at Parkfield in 1993 detected by high-precision EDM and borehole tensor strainmeters

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Aug 1999

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999georl..26.2529l&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 26, Issue 16, p. 2529-2532

Physics

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Geodesy And Gravity: Crustal Movements-Interplate, Tectonophysics: Plate Boundary-General

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On two of the instrument networks at Park-field, California, the two-color Electronic Distance Meter (EDM) network and Borehole Tensor Strainmeter (BTSM) network, we have detected a rate change starting in 1993 that has persisted at least 5 years. These and other instruments capable of measuring crustal deformation were installed at Parkfield in anticipation of a moderate, M6, earthquake on the San Andreas fault. Many of these instruments have been in operation since the mid 1980s and have established an excellent baseline to judge changes in rate of deformation and the coherence of such changes between instruments. The onset of the observed rate change corresponds in time to two other changes at Parkfield. From late 1992 through late 1994, the Parkfield region had an increase in number of M4 to M5 earthquakes relative to the preceding 6 years. The deformation-rate change also coincides with the end of a 7-year period of sub-normal rainfall. Both the spatial coherence of the rate change and hydrological modeling suggest a tectonic explanation for the rate change. From these observations, we infer that the rate of slip increased over the period 1993-1998.

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