Surface deformation and tectonic setting of Taiwan inferred from a GPS velocity field

Viscoelastic deformation from North Anatolian Fault Zone earthquakes and the eastern Mediterranean GPS velocity field

[1] We have modeled linear viscoelastic relaxation of a uniformviscosity asthenosphere following large earthquakes in the AegeanAnatolian region during the 20th century to evaluate whether this process contributes significantly to the regional velocity field. We address in particular whether southward motion of the Aegean Sea region relative to central Anatolia (and thus extension of western Tu...

Active deformation in Zagros–Makran transition zone inferred from GPS measurements

R. Bayer,1,∗ J. Chery,1 M. Tatar,2 Ph. Vernant,1,†M. Abbassi,2 F. Masson,1 F. Nilforoushan,3 E. Doerflinger,1 V. Regard4 and O. Bellier4 1Laboratoire Dynamique de la lithosphere, University of Montpellier II-CNRS , Pl. E. Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France 2International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Farmenieh, Dibaji, Arghavan St., n◦ 27, 19531, Tehran, Iran 3G...

Model Creation by Velocity Controlled Surface Deformation

We present a scheme for the semiautomatic creation of 3D models through velocity-controlled surface deformations. Our surface representation consists of oriented points with volatile inter-neighboring point linkage. The surface is resampled in order to maintain an even distribution of points. Points created during resampling inherit their characteristics from their progenitors. Our surface repr...

Southern California Tectonic Deformation Modeling

Coseismic Deformation from the 1999 Mw 7.1 Hector Mine, California, Earthquake as Inferred from InSAR and GPS Observations

We use interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) and Global Positioning System (GPS) observations to investigate static deformation due to the 1999 Mw 7.1 Hector Mine earthquake, that occurred in the eastern California shear zone. Interferometric decorrelation, phase, and azimuth offset measurements indicate regions of surface and near-surface slip, which we use to constrain the geometry...