A Three-tiered Investigation of Seismicity and Earthquake Strains

本研究是三次地震构造研究的延续。 在第一项研究中，VLBI数据被用来确定 北美-太平洋区域尺度地壳形变 板块边界 在第二个，合成地震目录是 利用断层上的应变积累模型 段和他们的互动失败。 第三，地质 数据被用来研究圣诞老人的进化 把这种进化与北美联系起来- 太平洋板块运动。 该项目的目标是开发 同震和震间应变定量图像 与西部主要断裂有关的聚集和释放 北美 这项研究是国家 减少地震灾害计划。

This research continues three seismotectonic investigations. In the first study, VLBI data are being used to determine regional scale crustal deformation at the North American-Pacific plate boundary. In the second, synthetic earthquake catalogs are being developed using a model of strain accumulation on fault segments and their interactive failure. In the third, geologic data are being used to investigate the evolution of the Santa Cruz mountains and to relate this evolution to North American- Pacific plate motion. The goal of the project is to develop quantitative pictures of coseismic and interseismic strain accumulation and release associated with major faults in western North America. This research is a component of the National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program.