Presentation Title
Global Positioning System Tracking of Fault Slip Rates within a Transect across the Pacific-North America Plate Boundary, Near Brawley, California
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation/Art Exihibt
College
College of Natural Sciences
Major
Geological Sciences
Location
Event Center A & B
Faculty Mentor
Dr.Sally McGill
Start Date
5-19-2016 1:00 PM
End Date
5-19-2016 2:30 PM
Abstract
Using benchmarks within the Brawley transect, possible slip rate combinations were determined for seven faults along the North American and Pacific Plate boundary. Three models were tested for best possible slip rate and locking depth combinations, thus calculating the best fit scenario. Of the three models tested, the best fit was graphed and enveloped to show a housing with the acceptable range predictions that concur with observed benchmark velocities. The models that were considered acceptable contained the following slip rates: 8-14 mm/yr, respectively, for the San Jacinto fault. The best fitting model for the Brawley seismic zone had 12 mm/yr (with a shallow locking depth of 1 km) and the Lake Elsinore Fault and the San Miguel Fault having slip rates of 2 mm/yr.
Global Positioning System Tracking of Fault Slip Rates within a Transect across the Pacific-North America Plate Boundary, Near Brawley, California
Event Center A & B
Using benchmarks within the Brawley transect, possible slip rate combinations were determined for seven faults along the North American and Pacific Plate boundary. Three models were tested for best possible slip rate and locking depth combinations, thus calculating the best fit scenario. Of the three models tested, the best fit was graphed and enveloped to show a housing with the acceptable range predictions that concur with observed benchmark velocities. The models that were considered acceptable contained the following slip rates: 8-14 mm/yr, respectively, for the San Jacinto fault. The best fitting model for the Brawley seismic zone had 12 mm/yr (with a shallow locking depth of 1 km) and the Lake Elsinore Fault and the San Miguel Fault having slip rates of 2 mm/yr.