Diffuse deformation and surface faulting distribution from submetric image correlation along the 2019 Ridgecrest, California, ruptures

SL Antoine, Y Klinger, A Delorme… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
ABSTRACT The 2019 M w 6.4 and 7.1 Ridgecrest, California, earthquake sequence (July
2019) ruptured consecutively a system of high‐angle strike‐slip cross faults (northeast‐and …

Bookshelf kinematics and the effect of dilatation on fault zone inelastic deformation: Examples from optical image correlation measurements of the 2019 Ridgecrest …

C Milliner, A Donnellan, S Aati… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence initiated on July 4th with a series of foreshocks,
including an Mw 6.4 event, that culminated a day later with the Mw 7.1 mainshock and …

Localized fault-zone dilatancy and surface inelasticity of the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes

WD Barnhart, RD Gold, J Hollingsworth - Nature Geoscience, 2020 - nature.com
Earthquakes produce a spectrum of elastic and inelastic deformation processes that are
reflected across various length and time scales. While elasticity has long dominated …

Simplifying complex fault data for systems-level analysis: Earthquake geology inputs for US NSHM 2023

AE Hatem, CM Collett, RW Briggs, RD Gold, SJ Angster… - Scientific data, 2022 - nature.com
As part of the US National Seismic Hazard Model (NSHM) update planned for 2023, two
databases were prepared to more completely represent Quaternary-active faulting across …

Tectonic landform and lithologic age impact uncertainties in fault displacement hazard models

C Scott, A Kottke, C Madugo… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Tectonic landforms and surficial lithologic age are essential data for producing quality late
Quaternary fault maps and predicting coseismic fault rupture location before an earthquake …

Western US geologic deformation model for use in the US National Seismic Hazard Model 2023

AE Hatem, NG Reitman, RW Briggs… - Seismological …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Fault geometry and slip rates are key input data for geologic deformation models, which are
a fundamental component of probabilistic seismic hazard analyses (PSHAs). However …

Evaluating how well active fault map** predicts earthquake surface-rupture locations

C Scott, R Adam, R Arrowsmith, C Madugo… - …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Earthquake surface-fault rupture location uncertainty is a key factor in fault displacement
hazard analysis and informs hazard and risk mitigation strategies. Geologists often predict …

An evolving lithospheric‐scale wrench fault system along the eastern end of the Altyn Tagh fault: Kinematics and Quaternary activity of the Heishan fault system …

H Yang, A Li, D Cunningham, X Yang, Y Zhan… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Altyn Tagh fault (ATF) is a major intracontinental strike‐slip fault system that
defines the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. The fault system loses its obvious …

Coseismic surface displacement in the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes: Comparison of field measurements and optical image correlation results

RD Gold, CB DuRoss… - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A fundamental topic in earthquake studies is understanding the extent to which fault rupture
at the surface is localized on primary fault strands as opposed to distributed tens to …

Detailed 3D fault representations for the 2019 Ridgecrest, California, earthquake sequence

A Plesch, JH Shaw, ZE Ross… - Bulletin of the …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We present new 3D source fault representations for the 2019 M 6.4 and M 7.1 Ridgecrest
earthquake sequence. These representations are based on relocated hypocenter catalogs …