scholarly journals Strain accumulation across the Carrizo segment of the San Andreas Fault, California: Impact of laterally varying crustal properties

2006 ◽  
Vol 111 (B5) ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
Gina Schmalzle ◽  
Timothy Dixon ◽  
Rocco Malservisi ◽  
Rob Govers
Keyword(s):  
San Andreas Fault ◽  
Strain Accumulation ◽  
San Andreas

Accumulation of tectonic strain in California

1970 ◽  
Vol 60 (6) ◽  
pp. 1877-1896
Author(s):  
J. C. Savage ◽  
R. O. Burford
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strain ◽  
San Andreas Fault ◽  
Geodetic Survey ◽  
Strain Accumulation ◽  
Owens Valley ◽  
Imperial Valley ◽  
San Andreas ◽  
Period 1880 ◽  
Tectonically Active ◽  
Parkfield Earthquake

Abstract The shear-strain accumulation in five tectonically-active areas of California has been calculated from triangulation data supplied by the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Three of the areas lie along active sections of the San Andreas fault. Near Hollister, no appreciable strain accumulation was detected for the period 1930 to 1962. The movement of the fault blocks there appears to be accommodated by slip on the San Andreas and Calaveras faults. Near Cholame, the only appreciable accumulation of shear strain in the period 1932 to 1962 appears to be associated directly with slip on the San Andreas north of Cholame, slip which probably occurred during the 1934 Parkfield earthquake. Significant strain accumulation was confined to a zone centered on the San Andreas fault and extending 10 km on either side. Some of this strain was released in the 1966 Parkfield earthquake. In Imperial Valley, an average accumulation of γ = 0.4 μstrain per year right-lateral (referred to vertical planes parallel to the Imperial fault) shear strain extends over a zone perhaps 100 km wide centered on the Imperial fault. It appears that this shear pattern may be resolved into two zones of shear, one concentrated near the Imperial fault and the other near the San Andreas fault. No appreciable shear-strain accumulation was detected in the two areas that do not lie on the San Andreas fault—Santa Barbara channel for the period 1880 to 1923 and Owens Valley for the period 1934 to 1956.

Observations of Strain Accumulation Across the San Andreas Fault Near Palmdale, California, with a Two-Color Geodimeter

Science ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 218 (4578) ◽  
pp. 1217-1219 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. O. LANGBEIN ◽  
M. F. LINKER ◽  
A. MCGARR ◽  
L. E. SLATER
Keyword(s):  
San Andreas Fault ◽  
Strain Accumulation ◽  
San Andreas

Geodimeter measurements of slip and strain accumulation along the san andreas fault

1974 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 407-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.C. Savage ◽  
W.H. Prescott
Keyword(s):  
San Andreas Fault ◽  
Strain Accumulation ◽  
San Andreas

Strain accumulation along the San Andreas Fault

1969 ◽  
Vol 74 (27) ◽  
pp. 6649-6666 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. H. Scholz ◽  
Thomas J. Fitch
Keyword(s):  
San Andreas Fault ◽  
Strain Accumulation ◽  
San Andreas
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