Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2001
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1029/2001GL013311
Abstract
The Eastern California Shear Zone is bounded by the high heat flow region of the Basin and Range province and the low heat flow region of the Sierra Nevada block. This difference in thermal state influences the rheology of the lower crust/upper mantle, resulting in a viscosity contrast between the two regions. We analyze the effect of such a contrast on the kinematics and dynamics of the shear zone with numerical models. This viscosity contrast drives asymmetric strain accumulation in the upper crust, producing an asymmetric surface velocity field. An additional consequence of this strain pattern is the potential for asymmetric co-seismic displacement during an earthquake.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Geophysical Research Letters, v. 28, issue 14, p. 2731-2734
Copyright 2001 by the American Geophysical Union.
Scholar Commons Citation
Malservisi, R.; Furlong, K.; and Dixon, Timothy H., "Influence of the Earthquake Cycle and Lithospheric Rheology on the Dynamics of the Eastern California Shear Ζone" (2001). School of Geosciences Faculty and Staff Publications. 475.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/geo_facpub/475
