Present-day crustal movements and the mechanics of cyclic deformation
Journal Article
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· United States Geological Survey, Professional Paper; (USA)
OSTI ID:5542353
Contemporary crustal movements in California are concentrated within a plate-boundary deformation zone that is typically 50 to 200 km wide, centered approximately on the San Andreas fault. Observations of coseismic, postseismic, and interseismic movements define the earthquake deformation cycle and constrain models of strain accumulation and release for strike-slip plate boundaries. This chapter describes shear strain on the San Andreas fault system; aseismic slip, integrated displacement rates, and Pacific-North American plate motion; detailed displacement-rate patterns; and thick- and thin-lithosphere models and stress-slip-constitutive-law fault models of deformation.
- OSTI ID:
- 5542353
- Journal Information:
- United States Geological Survey, Professional Paper; (USA), Journal Name: United States Geological Survey, Professional Paper; (USA) Vol. 1515; ISSN XGPPA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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58 GEOSCIENCES
580000* -- Geosciences
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
CALIFORNIA
CONTINENTAL CRUST
DEFORMATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DIMENSIONS
EARTH CRUST
EARTHQUAKES
FEDERAL REGION IX
GEOLOGIC FAULTS
GEOLOGIC FRACTURES
GEOLOGIC MODELS
GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES
GROUND MOTION
MECHANICS
MOTION
NORTH AMERICA
PACIFIC OCEAN
PLATE TECTONICS
RELAXATION
ROCK MECHANICS
SEAS
SEISMIC EVENTS
SHEAR
SLIP
STRAINS
STRESS RELAXATION
SURFACE WATERS
TECTONICS
THICKNESS
TIME DEPENDENCE
USA
580000* -- Geosciences
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
CALIFORNIA
CONTINENTAL CRUST
DEFORMATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DIMENSIONS
EARTH CRUST
EARTHQUAKES
FEDERAL REGION IX
GEOLOGIC FAULTS
GEOLOGIC FRACTURES
GEOLOGIC MODELS
GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES
GROUND MOTION
MECHANICS
MOTION
NORTH AMERICA
PACIFIC OCEAN
PLATE TECTONICS
RELAXATION
ROCK MECHANICS
SEAS
SEISMIC EVENTS
SHEAR
SLIP
STRAINS
STRESS RELAXATION
SURFACE WATERS
TECTONICS
THICKNESS
TIME DEPENDENCE
USA