publication . Article . 2001

Source parameters for the 1952 Kern County earthquake, California: A joint inversion of leveling and triangulation observations

Name: Source parameters for the 1952 Kern County earthquake, California: A joint inversion of leveling and triangulation observations
Creator: Gerald W. Bawden
Keywords: Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous), Space and Planetary Science, Palaeontology, Forestry, Aquatic Science, Atmospheric Science, Soil Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, Geophysics, Oceanography, Water Science and Technology

Gerald W. Bawden;

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Published: 10 Jan 2001

Summary

Abstract

Coseismic leveling and triangulation observations are used to determine the faulting geometry and slip distribution of the July 21, 1952, Mw 7.3 Kern County earthquake on the White Wolf fault. A singular value decomposition inversion is used to assess the ability of the geodetic network to resolve slip along a multisegment fault and shows that the network is sufficient to resolve slip along the surface rupture to a depth of 10 km. Below 10 km, the network can only resolve dip slip near the fault ends. The preferred source model is a two-segment right-stepping fault with a strike of 51° and a dip of 75° SW. The epicentral patch has deep (6–27 km) left-lateral obl...

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doi: 10.1029/2000jb900315

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free text keywords: Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous), Space and Planetary Science, Palaeontology, Forestry, Aquatic Science, Atmospheric Science, Soil Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, Geophysics, Oceanography, Water Science and Technology, Oblique case, Slip (materials science), Fault (geology), geography.geographical_feature_category, geography, Triangulation (social science), Lineament, Geology, Strike-slip tectonics, Thrust, Seismology, Seismic moment

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