Fault Zone Widths as a Parameter in Seismic Hazard Estimates
- Lead PI: Dr. Bruce E. Shaw
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Unit Affiliation: Seismology, Geology and Tectonophysics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
- February 2012 - January 2014
- Inactive
- Global
- Project Type: Research
DESCRIPTION: The team will develop parameterizations for fault system geometry by combining their previous method of extracting fault branches and angles and fitting a Y shaped object to it with new measures of the CGS Quaternary surface traces. Then historical large ruptures will be compared with these measures.
OUTCOMES: New simulation capabilities raise the possibility of generalizing beyond backslip models.