Geophysical framework of the northern San Francisco Bay region, California
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Abstract
We use geophysical data to examine the structural framework of the northern San Francisco Bay region, an area that hosts the northward continuation of the East Bay fault system. Although this fault system has accommodated ∼175 km of right-lateral offset since 12 Ma, how this offset is partitioned north of the bay is controversial and important for understanding where and how strain is accommodated along this stretch of the broader San Andreas transform margin. Using gravity and magnetic data, we map these faults, many of which influenced basin formation and volcanism. Continuity of magnetic anomalies in certain areas, such as Napa and Sonoma Valleys, the region north of Napa Valley, and the region south of the Santa Rosa Plain, preclude significant (>10 km) offset. Much of the slip is partitioned around Sonoma and Napa Valleys and onto the Carneros, Rodgers Creek, and Green Valley faults. The absence of correlative magnetic anomalies across the Hayward–Rodgers Creek–Maacama fault system suggests that this system reactivated older basement structures, which appear to influence seismicity patterns in the region.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Geophysical framework of the northern San Francisco Bay region, California |
| Series title | Geosphere |
| DOI | 10.1130/GES00510.1 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Year Published | 2010 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | The Geological Society of America |
| Contributing office(s) | Geology and Geophysics Science Center |
| Description | 27 p. |
| First page | 594 |
| Last page | 620 |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Other Geospatial | San Francisco Bay |
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