Holocene slip rates along the San Andreas Fault System in the San Gorgonio Pass and implications for large earthquakes in southern California

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (11) ◽  
pp. 5391-5400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard V. Heermance ◽  
Doug Yule
Keyword(s):  
Southern California ◽  
San Andreas Fault ◽  
Fault System ◽  
Slip Rates ◽  
San Andreas ◽  
San Andreas Fault System ◽  
Large Earthquakes

scholarly journals A revised position for the primary strand of the Pleistocene-Holocene San Andreas fault in southern California

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (13) ◽  
pp. eaaz5691
Author(s):  
Kimberly Blisniuk ◽  
Katherine Scharer ◽  
Warren D. Sharp ◽  
Roland Burgmann ◽  
Colin Amos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Southern California ◽  
San Andreas Fault ◽  
Slip Rate ◽  
Large Magnitude ◽  
Slip Rates ◽  
San Andreas ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Large Earthquakes ◽  
Dependent Probability

The San Andreas fault has the highest calculated time-dependent probability for large-magnitude earthquakes in southern California. However, where the fault is multistranded east of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, it has been uncertain which strand has the fastest slip rate and, therefore, which has the highest probability of a destructive earthquake. Reconstruction of offset Pleistocene-Holocene landforms dated using the uranium-thorium soil carbonate and beryllium-10 surface exposure techniques indicates slip rates of 24.1 ± 3 millimeter per year for the San Andreas fault, with 21.6 ± 2 and 2.5 ± 1 millimeters per year for the Mission Creek and Banning strands, respectively. These data establish the Mission Creek strand as the primary fault bounding the Pacific and North American plates at this latitude and imply that 6 to 9 meters of elastic strain has accumulated along the fault since the most recent surface-rupturing earthquake, highlighting the potential for large earthquakes along this strand.

Reconciling Precariously Balanced Rocks (PBRs) with Large Earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault System

2015 ◽  
Vol 86 (5) ◽  
pp. 1345-1353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Grant Ludwig ◽  
James N. Brune ◽  
Abdolrasool Anooshehpoor ◽  
Matthew D. Purvance ◽  
Richard J. Brune ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
San Andreas Fault ◽  
Fault System ◽  
San Andreas ◽  
San Andreas Fault System ◽  
Large Earthquakes
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