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Earthquake Tectonics and Hazards on the Continents
S. G. Wesnousky
17 - 28 June 2013
Univ. of Nevada USA
Recognizing and characterizing strike-slip faults and earthquakes in USA
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Strike-slip FaultsGeomorphic Expression, Slip Rate, and Repeat TimeTrieste 2013 Wesnousky
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PhysiograhyGeomorphologyandFaulting
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A Strike-Slip Fault
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Fault
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An earthquake is the result of a sudden displacement across a fault that releases stresses that have accumulated in the crust of the earth.
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Mckay’s 1890 report on the 1888 Hope Fault Earthquake, NewZealand
Koto’s 1893 report on the 1891 Neodani Earthquake, Japan
Gilbert’s 1884 paper on theorey of earthquakes in the Great Basin and 1910 account of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, United States.
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1992 d
1999 Hector Mine
1992 Landers
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The repetition of this process results in distinct geomorphic features along fault zones that may be
interpreted by geologistsTo determine the rate, style, and magnitude of fault slip
Calculation of slip rateand earthquake repeat time
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San Andreas “Rift”
Pt. Arena
Pt. Reyes
Strike-slip displacement
• juxtaposition of topography
• cataclasis and weakening of rock in fault zone
• stream capture along fault
• preferential erosion along fault
leads to long linear ridges and valleys...
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Gualala River
ViewNorth
toCoast
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Tomales and Bolinas Bays north of San Francisco Bay
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San Andreas Lake
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Monterey
Central San Andreas
Carrizo Plain
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example of offset stream
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San Andreas
linearity of tracealternate-facing scarps
San Andreas isCarrizo Plain
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Sag Ponds
linearity of tracealternate-facing scarpssag ponds
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Cataclasis in fault zone leads to increase in volume of sediments - Small component of contraction in additon to strike-slip
can lead to uplift and folding alongfault zone - sometimes referred to as ‘flower structure’
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linear tracein Carrizo Plain
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Incision on hanging/uplifted wall.... offset and abandoned streams
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Channel abandoned 3700 ybp 128 meters
San Andreas slip rate = 128m / 3700 years = ~ 34 mm/yr Sieh and Jahns (1984), GSAB v. 95,
883-896
Calculation of fault slip rate...
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Offsets D = 9 to 12 minterpreted to be result ofsingle earthquake...
Average Repeat Time = 9 to 12 m / ~34 mm/yr = 250 to 450 years Sieh and Jahns (1984), GSAB v. 95,
883-896
Calculation of Repeat Time...
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Slip Rate =
~210m / ~17kyr = ~ 12 mm/yrRockwell et al (1990), JGR, v. 95, 8593-8605
Offset and beheaded stream
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Strike Slip Faults are often long and quite linear - but they are not always continuous
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Step:~3km Step:~3km
Step:~3kmLake Elsinore 0 50km
4: WHITTIER-ELSINORE FAULT ZONE: SS 10-15KM; LENGTH ~ 240KMCorona
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Hills Dominguez
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Step: ~ 3km Steps:~ 2km
Pacific Ocean
NewportBeach
3: NEWPORT- INGLEWOOD FAULT: SS~0.2-10KM; LENGTH = 60KM
0 20kmStep: ~ 2km
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2: GARLOCK FAULT; SS~ 64KM; Length ~ 240KM
Step~3km
Step ~1/2km0 50kmFremont Valley
Koehn Lake
NSearles
Valley
Garlock Fault D=64 km
5: SAN JACINTO FAULT: SS 25 KM; LENGTH ~ 230KM
Step ~4km Step ~ 4km Steps ~ 5km & 1 km
Step: ~ 5km50
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0 kmN
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Pearblossom to Bombay Beach
0 50kmCholame to Little Rock Reservoir
Cholame
PearblossomN
Los Gatos to CholameSan Juan Bautista
Los Gatos
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Step~1km Cholame
Parkfield
1&12: SAN ANDREAS FAULT: SS ≥150 KM; LENGTH ~ 1000 KM
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Pt. Arena Pacific Ocean Golde
nGate
Pt. Arena to BelmontLosGatos
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Bitterwater
Little Rock
Yucaipa BomBay Beach
Little RockReservoir
IndioWrightwood Cajon Pass
San Andreas D=150 km
San Jacinto D=25 km
Whittier-Elsinore D~15 km
Newport-Inglewood D=10 km
Structural Evolution of Faults
and Fault Systems?
Seismological Evolution of Faults
and Fault Systems?
Strike-Slip Faults of California
Long, linear, but NOT continuous
D is estimate of total strike-slipsince birth of fault
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Structural Evolution of Faults - tend to simplify with accumulated offset
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Japan
New Zealand
China
Turkey
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How do discontinuities (steps) in fault trace effect the propagation of earthquake ruptures?
contraction
extension
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Compilation of 20+ strike-slip surface-rupture earthquakes..
can be importantto hazardanalysis...
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Is termination of STRIKE-SLIP rupture associated with step in fault trace of dimension >=1km or end of active fault trace ?
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Summary of behavior of all discontinuities along strike of historical earthquake ruptures.