Open AccessA new earthquake model may explain discrepancies in San Andreas fault slip
Author(s) -
Schultz Colin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2014eo350024
Subject(s) - seismology , san andreas fault , elastic rebound theory , geology , seismic gap , foreshock , earthquake simulation , slip (aerodynamics) , earthquake prediction , fault (geology) , interplate earthquake , aftershock , engineering , aerospace engineering
Investigating the earthquake hazards of the San Andreas fault system requires an accurate understanding of accumulating stresses and the history of past earthquakes. Faults tend to go through an “earthquake cycle”—locking and accumulating stress, rupturing in an earthquake, and locking again in a well‐accepted process known as “elastic rebound.” One of the key factors in preparing for California's next “big one” is estimating the fault slip rate, the speed at which one side of the San Andreas fault is moving past the other.