Fault segmentation: New concepts from the Wasatch Fault Zone, Utah, USA

Fault segmentation: New concepts from the Wasatch Fault Zone, Utah, USA

The question of whether structural segment boundaries along multisegment normal faults such as the Wasatch fault zone (WFZ) act as persistent barriers to rupture is critical to seismic hazard analyses. We synthesized late Holocene paleoseismic data from 20 trench sites along the central WFZ to evalu...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of geophysical research. Solid earth 2016-02, Vol.121 (2), p.1131-1157
Hauptverfasser: DuRoss, Christopher B., Personius, Stephen F., Crone, Anthony J., Olig, Susan S., Hylland, Michael D., Lund, William R., Schwartz, David P.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Barriers
Boundaries
Constraints
Displacement
earthquake
Earthquakes
Estimates
Fault lines
Fault zones
Faults
Floating
Floating structures
Geological faults
Geological hazards
Geophysics
Holocene
Length
normal fault
paleoseismology
Prehistoric era
Profiles
Rupture
Rupturing
Segmentation
Segments
Seismic activity
Seismic hazard
Slip
surface rupture
Time measurement
Uncertainty
Wasatch fault
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Zusammenfassung:The question of whether structural segment boundaries along multisegment normal faults such as the Wasatch fault zone (WFZ) act as persistent barriers to rupture is critical to seismic hazard analyses. We synthesized late Holocene paleoseismic data from 20 trench sites along the central WFZ to evaluate earthquake rupture length and fault segmentation. For the youngest (
ISSN:2169-9313
2169-9356
DOI:10.1002/2015JB012519