Publication Date:
2018-08-28
Description:
Geodetic data along the San Andreas fault between Parkfield and San Francisco, California
(latitudes 36°N and 38°N, respectively), have been re-examined to estimate the current relative
movement between the American and Pacific plates across the San Andreas fault system.
The average relative right lateral motion is estimated to be 32 ± 5 mm/yr for the period
1907-1971. Between 36°N and 37°N it appears that most, if not all, of the plate motion is
accommodated by fault creep. Although strain is presumably accumulating north of 37°N
(San Francisco Bay area), the geodetic evidence for accumulation is not conclusive.
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