Seismicity as a Function of Cumulative Geologic Offset: Test of a Hypothesis

本研究涉及走滑断裂带的构造演化，并与这些断裂带的地震统计和断层轨迹的几何形状有关。在加利福尼亚的圣安德烈亚斯断层和土耳其的安纳托利亚断层上已经取得了重要的成果。这项工作将扩展到加利福尼亚莫哈韦沙漠的断层和日本的走滑断层。这些想法不仅对断层产生了新的物理见解，而且对地震危险性评估具有重要意义。这项研究是国家减少地震危害计划的一个组成部分。

This research deals with the structural evolution of strike- slip fault zones as related to the statistics of earthquakes in those zones and the geometry of the fault traces. Significant results have already been obtained for the San Andreas fault in California and the Anatolian fault in Turkey. The work is to be extended to faults in the Mojave Desert in California and strike- slip faults in Japan. These ideas have not only yielded new physical insights into faulting but have important implications for earthquake hazard assessment. This research is a component of the National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program.