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Surface Slip From the 2014 South Napa Earthquake Measured With Structure From Motion and 3‐D Virtual Reality
Author(s) -
Trexler Charles C.,
Morelan Alexander E.,
Oskin Michael E.,
Kreylos Oliver
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2018gl078012
Subject(s) - virtual reality , offset (computer science) , geology , structure from motion , slip (aerodynamics) , photogrammetry , fault trace , workflow , geodesy , seismology , computer science , motion (physics) , remote sensing , fault (geology) , computer vision , artificial intelligence , aerospace engineering , engineering , database , programming language
The detailed features of an earthquake surface rupture may decay quickly in the landscape due to erosion or repair, such that primary displacements are seldom available for repeated study within the weeks following an earthquake. Here we describe a rapidly deployable field workflow using structure‐from‐motion (SfM) photogrammetry to produce three‐dimensional models of offset features and apply the technique to the 24 August 2014 Mw 6.0 South Napa earthquake surface rupture. We use repeated analyses of SfM point clouds using 3‐D interactive virtual reality tools to derive precise and reproducible fault‐slip measurements along the surface rupture and document the temporal evolution of afterslip at two sites along its trace. The SfM technique, combined with 3‐D virtual reality, enables archiving of primary field relationships and assessment of uncertainty in those data to a degree that was previously inaccessible.