Summary of geologic data and development of A Priori Rupture Models for the Elsinore, San Jacinto, and Garlock faults

Open-File Report 2007-1437-F
Prepared in cooperation with the California Geological Survey and the Southern California Earthquake Center
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Abstract

This appendix to the WGCEP Earthquake Rate Model 2 summarizes geologic data and documents the development of the rupture models for the Elsinore, San Jacinto, and Garlock faults. For the summary of available geologic data, the documentation is organized by fault and fault segment and includes a summary of slip rates, event timing and recurrence, slip-per-event, and historical seismicity for each segment. This information is compiled from the published literature as well as newer studies that have not yet been published. For the unpublished data, we either are familiar, having visited the paleoseismic sites, or participated in the data collection, or we have solicited the principal investigators at each site for their latest results. While these unpublished results are preliminary, we have chosen to include them because the results were considered in development of the rupture models and it is unlikely that the sites will be formally published before the WGCEP Earthquake Rate Model is finalized. The second part of this document describes the construction of the rupture models used in the WGCEP Earthquake Rate Model 2, and the rationale that went into the construction of these models, with a summary of what types of data were considered when the rupture models were created.
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Summary of geologic data and development of A Priori Rupture Models for the Elsinore, San Jacinto, and Garlock faults
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 2007-1437
Chapter F
DOI 10.3133/ofr20071437F
Edition Version 1.0
Year Published 2008
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Earthquake Hazards Program, Earthquake Science Center
Description iii, 23 p.
Larger Work Type Report
Larger Work Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Larger Work Title Appendix F in The Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast, Version 2 (UCERF 2)
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