Expression of active tectonics in erosional landscapes

E Kirby, KX Whipple - Journal of structural geology, 2012 - Elsevier
Understanding the manner and degree to which topography in active mountain ranges
reflects deformation of the Earth's surface remains a first order goal of tectonic …

From geodetic imaging of seismic and aseismic fault slip to dynamic modeling of the seismic cycle

JP Avouac - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Understanding the partitioning of seismic and aseismic fault slip is central to seismotectonics
as it ultimately determines the seismic potential of faults. Thanks to advances in tectonic …

Uniform California earthquake rupture forecast, version 3 (UCERF3)—The time‐independent model

EH Field, RJ Arrowsmith, GP Biasi… - Bulletin of the …, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The 2014 Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities (WGCEP14)
present the time‐independent component of the Uniform California Earthquake Rupture …

Interseismic strain accumulation and the earthquake potential on the southern San Andreas fault system

Y Fialko - Nature, 2006 - nature.com
Abstract The San Andreas fault in California is a mature continental transform fault that
accommodates a significant fraction of motion between the North American and Pacific …

[BOOK][B] Tectonics of strike-slip restraining and releasing bends

WD Cunningham, P Mann - 2007 - lyellcollection.org
One of the remarkable tectonic features of the Earth's crust is the widespread presence of
long, approximately straight and geomorphically prominent strike-slip faults which are a …

Slip rate gradients along the eastern Kunlun fault

E Kirby, N Harkins, E Wang, X Shi, C Fan… - Tectonics, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Whether strike‐slip fault systems in Eurasia accomplish eastward extrusion of Tibetan crust
and lithosphere depends largely on the kinematics of deformation at the fault tip. Here we …

Uniform California earthquake rupture forecast, version 2 (UCERF 2)

EH Field, TE Dawson, KR Felzer… - Bulletin of the …, 2009 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract<? A3B2 twb 0.3 w?> The 2007 Working Group on California Earthquake
Probabilities (WGCEP, presents the Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast …

The kinematics of a transition from subduction to strike‐slip: An example from the central New Zealand plate boundary

LM Wallace, P Barnes, J Beavan… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We develop a kinematic model for the transition from subduction beneath the North Island,
New Zealand, to strike‐slip in the South Island, constrained by GPS velocities and active …

Impact of riser reconstructions on estimation of secular variation in rates of strike–slip faulting: Revisiting the Cherchen River site along the Altyn Tagh Fault, NW China

E Cowgill - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2007 - Elsevier
Slip rates are heavily contested for many of the first-order strike–slip faults within the Indo–
Asian collision zone. Rates determined geodetically are generally lower than those reported …

Mid-continental earthquakes: Spatiotemporal occurrences, causes, and hazards

M Liu, S Stein - Earth-Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Large earthquakes in North China, Australia, Northwestern Europe, Central and
Eastern United States, and other mid-continents show complex spatiotemporal patterns that …