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Geodetic determination of relative plate motion in central California
Abstract
Geodetic data along the San Andreas fault between Parkfield and San Francisco, California (latitudes 36°N and 38°N, respectively), have been re-examined to estimate the current relative movement between the American and Pacific plates across the San Andreas fault system. The average relative right lateral motion is estimated to be 32 ± 5 mm/yr for the period 1907–1971. Between 36°N and 37°N it appears that most, if not all, of the plate motion is accommodated by fault creep. Although strain is presumably accumulating north of 37°N (San Francisco Bay area), the geodetic evidence for accumulation is not conclusive.
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Numerical Modelling of Instantaneous Plate Tectonics
Minster, J. B., Jordan, T. H., Molnar, P., & Haines, E. (1974) · Geophysical Journal International · doi:10.1111/j.1365-246x.1974.tb00613.x · Cited by 795
Friedrich, A. M., Wernicke, B. P., Niemi, N. A., Bennett, R. A., & Davis, J. L. (2003) · Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth · doi:10.1029/2001jb000682 · Cited by 323
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- Authors
- Savage, J. C., & Burford, R. O.
- Venue
- Journal of Geophysical Research
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Published
- 1973-02-10
- Volume
- 78
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 832-845
- ISSN
- 0148-0227 (ISSN-L)
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- W2111061528
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- 871
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- 0
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- 7.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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