Clustering of GPS velocities in the Mojave Block, southeastern California
Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth
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Abstract
We find subdivisions within the Mojave Block using cluster analysis to identify groupings in the velocities observed at GPS stations there. The clusters are represented on a fault map by symbols located at the positions of the GPS stations, each symbol representing the cluster to which the velocity of that GPS station belongs. Fault systems that separate the clusters are readily identified on such a map. The most significant representation as judged by the gap test involves 4 clusters within the Mojave Block. The fault systems bounding the clusters from east to west are 1) the faults defining the eastern boundary of the Northeast Mojave Domain extended southward to connect to the Hector Mine rupture, 2) the Calico-Paradise fault system, 3) the Landers-Blackwater fault system, and 4) the Helendale-Lockhart fault system. This division of the Mojave Block is very similar to that proposed by Meade and Hager. However, no cluster boundary coincides with the Garlock Fault, the northern boundary of the Mojave Block. Rather, the clusters appear to continue without interruption from the Mojave Block north into the southern Walker Lane Belt, similar to the continuity across the Garlock Fault of the shear zone along the Blackwater-Little Lake fault system observed by Peltzer et al. Mapped traces of individual faults in the Mojave Block terminate within the block and do not continue across the Garlock Fault [Dokka and Travis, ].
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Clustering of GPS velocities in the Mojave Block, southeastern California |
| Series title | Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth |
| DOI | 10.1029/2012JB009699 |
| Volume | 118 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Year Published | 2013 |
| Language | ENglish |
| Publisher | AGU |
| Contributing office(s) | Earthquake Science Center |
| Description | 13 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth |
| First page | 1747 |
| Last page | 1759 |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Other Geospatial | Mojave Block |
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