Correlation between deep fluids, tremor and creep along the central San Andreas fault

M Becken, O Ritter, PA Bedrosian, U Weckmann - Nature, 2011‏ - nature.com
The seismicity pattern along the San Andreas fault near Parkfield and Cholame, California,
varies distinctly over a length of only fifty kilometres. Within the brittle crust, the presence of …

Joint inversion for vp, vs, and vp/vs at SAFOD, Parkfield, California

H Zhang, C Thurber, P Bedrosian - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2009‏ - Wiley Online Library
We refined the three‐dimensional (3‐D) Vp, Vs and Vp/Vs models around the San Andreas
Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) site using a new double‐difference (DD) seismic …

Effects of low‐velocity fault damage zones on long‐term earthquake behaviors on mature strike‐slip faults

P Thakur, Y Huang, Y Kaneko - Journal of Geophysical …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Mature strike‐slip faults are usually surrounded by a narrow zone of damaged rocks
characterized by low seismic wave velocities. Observations of earthquakes along such faults …

Seismic evidence for rock damage and healing on the San Andreas fault associated with the 2004 M 6.0 Parkfield earthquake

YG Li, P Chen, ES Cochran… - Bulletin of the …, 2006‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We deployed a dense linear array of 45 seismometers across and along the San Andreas
fault near Parkfield a week after the M 6.0 Parkfield earthquake on 28 September 2004 to …

Role of fluids in faulting inferred from stress field signatures

JL Hardebeck, E Hauksson - Science, 1999‏ - science.org
The stress orientation signature of weak faults containing high-pressure fluids has been
observed for segments of the San Andreas fault system in southern California. The inferred …

Mesoscopic structure of the Punchbowl Fault, Southern California and the geologic and geophysical structure of active strike-slip faults

SE Schulz, JP Evans - Journal of Structural Geology, 2000‏ - Elsevier
We examine the distribution, density, and orientation of outcrop-scale structures related to
the Punchbowl Fault, an exhumed ancient trace of the San Andreas Fault, southern …

Complex spatiotemporal evolution of the 2008 Mw 4.9 Mogul earthquake swarm (Reno, Nevada): Interplay of fluid and faulting

CJ Ruhl, RE Abercrombie, KD Smith… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
After approximately 2 months of swarm‐like earthquakes in the Mogul neighborhood of west
Reno, NV, seismicity rates and event magnitudes increased over several days culminating …

Frictional behavior of quartz gouge during slide-hold-slide considering normal stress oscillation

K Tao, W Dang - International Journal of Coal Science & Technology, 2023‏ - Springer
Abstract Slide-hold-slide (SHS) test is an essential experimental approach for studying the
frictional stability of faults. The origin SHS framework was established based on a consistent …

Internal structure, fault rocks, and inferences regarding deformation, fluid flow, and mineralization in the seismogenic Stillwater normal fault, Dixie Valley, Nevada

JS Caine, RL Bruhn, CB Forster - Journal of Structural Geology, 2010‏ - Elsevier
Outcrop map** and fault-rock characterization of the Stillwater normal fault zone in Dixie
Valley, Nevada are used to document and interpret ancient hydrothermal fluid flow and its …

Low‐velocity damaged structure of the San Andreas Fault at Parkfield from fault zone trapped waves

YG Li, JE Vidale, ES Cochran - Geophysical Research Letters, 2004‏ - Wiley Online Library
We used dense linear seismic arrays across and along the San Andreas Fault (SAF) at
Parkfield, California to record fault zone trapped waves generated by explosions and …