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California Fault Parameters 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY
OPEN-FILE REPORT 96-08

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 96-706

 

APPENDIX A

CALIFORNIA FAULT PARAMETERS

FAULT NAME AND GEOMETRY
(ss) strike slip, (r) reverse, (n) normal
(rl) rt. lateral, (ll) left lateral, (o) oblique 		LENGTH
(km) 		SLIP
RATE
(mm/yr) 		RANK
(1) 		Mmax
(2)		 CHAR.
RATE
(events/yr) 		R.I.
(3) 		Down dip
Width
(km)(4) 		ruptop
(5)		 rupbot
(6) 		rake dip daz
(7) 		Endpt N Endpt S COMMENTS

B FAULTS (Continued)

SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL

Anacapa-Dume
(r,-ll-o 45 N) 		75 8 3.00 2.00 U 7.3 0.00189 529 28 2 0 20 90 45 0 -119.50;33.99 -118.69;33.98 Unconstrained slip rate, based on assumption by authors that fault carries 1 mm/yr sinstral slip rate from Santa Monica flt and 3.0 mm/yr dextral slip rate from Palos Verdes fault is carried as contractional slip rate.
Channel Islands
Thrust (eastern)
(r, 17N) 		65 7 1.50 1.00 P 7.4 0.00070 1420 34 2 5 15 90 17 0 -119.95;33.98 -119.27;33.98 Blind thrust fault based on modeling by Shaw and Suppe (1994). Slip rate is based on deformation of 1 my old horizon and is considered poorly constrained. Model weighted 25%. End point coordinates are for top of rupture plane.
Montalvo-Oakridge
trend
(r, 28 N) 		37 4 1.00 1.00 P 6.6 0.00137 730 11 2 5 10 90 28 0 -119.67;34.25 -119.28;34.25 Poolry constrained slip rate based on modeling of detachment zone by Shaw and Suppe (1994). Model weighted 25%. End point coordinates are for top of rupture plane.
North Channel Slope
(r, 45 N) 		60 6 2.00 2.00 P 7.1 0.00165 605 23 2 10 20 90 26 0 -120.40;34.46 -119.67;34.40 Slip rate based on assumption that slip rates from Red Mtn.-Javon Cn. and Pitas Pt. flts transfer to N-dipping thrust. Model weighted 50%. End point coordinates are for top of rupture plane.
Oakridge (blind thrust offshore)
(r, 30 S) 		37 4 3.00 3.00 P 6.9 0.00265 377 20 2 5 15 90 30 180 -119.67;34.25 -119.28;34.25 Alternative model based on Huftile and Yeats (1995). Replaces slip on eastern Channel Island Thrust and Montalvo-Oakridge trend. Model weighted 25%.
Santa Cruz Island
(ll-r-o) 		50 5 1.00 0.50 M 6.8 0.00110 912 13 2 0 13 90 90 0 -120.04;34.10 -119.52;33.99 Moderately constrained Qt. slip rate (0.75mm/yr) based on offset streams incised into Stage 11 (?) terrace (Pinter, et al., 1995).
Santa Rosa Island
(ll-r-o) 		57 6 1.00 0.50 M 6.9 0.00088 1130 13 2 0 13 90 90 0 -120.51;34.03 -119.91;34.02 Moderately constrained Qt. slip rate (1mm/yr) based on offset incised stream channels (Colson et al., 1995).
 

E. TRANSVERSE RANGES AND MOJAVE

Blackwater
(rl-ss) 		60 6 0.60 0.40 P 6.9 0.00056 1789 13 2 0 13 180 90 0 -117.41;35.45 -117.02;35.02 Mojave slip rates based on Holocene rates reported for Homestead Vlly., Emerson, and Johnson Vlly. flts (Hecker, et al., 1993; Rubin and Sieh, 1993; Herzberg and Rockwell, 1993), similar geomorphic expression, and geodetic constraints across Mojave shear zone (about 8mm/yr).
Burnt Mtn.
(rl-ss) 		20 2 0.60 0.40 P 6.4 0.00020 5000 13 2 0 13 180 90 0 -116.41;34.12 -116.38;33.95 See Blackwater fault for slip rate assumptions. Minor triggered slip associated with 1992 Landers earthquake.
Calico-Hidalgo
(rl-ss)		 95 10 0.60 0.40 P 7.1 0.00020 5000 13 2 0 13 180 90 0 -116.92;34.99 -116.26;34.36 See Blackwater fault.
Cleghorn
(ll-ss) 		25 3 3.00 2.00 P 6.5 0.00464 216 13 2 0 13 0 90 0 -117.46;34.31 -117.20;34.28 Slip rate based on Meisling (1984).
Eureka Peak
(rl-ss) 		19 2 0.60 0.40 P 6.4 0.00020 5000 13 2 0 13 180 90 0 -116.39;34.12 -116.34;33.97 See Blackwater fault for slip rate assumptions. Triggered slip associated with 1992 Landers earthquake. April 1992 Joshua Tree earthquake swarm (M6.1) may have been along this fault zone.
Gravel Hills-Harper Lk.
(rl-ss)		 66 7 0.60 0.40 P 6.9 0.00020 5000 13 2 0 13 180 90 0 -117.45;35.26 -116.92;34.87 See Blackwater fault.
Gravel Hills-Harper Lk.
(rl-ss)		 66 7 0.60 0.40 P 6.9 0.00020 5000 13 2 0 13 180 90 0 -117.45;35.26 -116.92;34.87 See Blackwater fault.
Johnson Valley (northern)
(rl-ss) 		36 4 0.60 0.40 P 6.7 0.00020 5000 13 2 0 13 180 90 0 -116.69;34.56 -116.45;34.32 Slip rate based on Herzberg and Rockwell (1993). Fault segment assumed to rupture independently of Landers event.
Landers
(rl-ss)		 83 8 0.60 0.40 P-M 7.3 0.00020 5000 13 2 0 13 180 90 0 -116.84;34.79 -116.42;34.16 992 Landers earthquake rupture (Hauksson, et al (1993). Max. magnitude based on average 3 m slip.
Lenwood-Lockhart-
Old Woman Springs
(rl-ss) 		149 15 0.60 0.40 P 7.3 0.00020 5000 13 2 0 13 180 90 0 -117.76;35.22 -116.64;34.35 See Blackwater fault.
North Frontal Fault zone (western)
(r, 45 S) 		50 5 1.00 0.50 P 7.0 0.00076 1314 18 2 0 13 90 45 180 -117.27;34.32 -116.85;34.37 Reported slip rate of 1.2 mm/yr for Sky High Ranch fault, a RLSS segment of fault zone (Meisling, 1984). Other reported slip rates range between 0.1 and 1.3 mm/yr.
North Frontal Fault zone (eastern)
(r, 45 S) 		27 3 0.50 0.25 U 6.7 0.00058 1727 18 2 0 13 90 45 180 -116.80;34.34 -116.53;34.31 Flt. zone east of intersection with Helendale flt. Unconstrained slip rate based on assumption that some slip transferred to NW-striking flts.
Pinto Mountain
(ll-ss)		 73 7 2.50 2.00 P 7.0 0.00201 499 13 2 0 13 0 90 0 -116.72;34.06 -115.97;34.11 Long term slip rate based on Anderson (1979). Reported slip rates range from 0.3-5.3.
Pisgah-Bullion Mtn.-
Mesquite Lk.
(rl-ss) 		88 9 0.60 0.40 P 7.1 0.00020 5000 13 2 0 13 180 90 0 -116.49;34.82 -116.00;34.14 Slip rate based on rl offset of drainage developed on Sunshine lava flow (Hart, 1987).
S. Emerson-Copper
Mtn.
(rl-ss)		 54 5 0.60 0.40 P 6.9 0.00020 5000 13 2 0 13 180 90 0 -116.54;34.53 -116.18;34.16 Slip rate based on Rubin and Sieh (1993). Fault segment assumed to rupture independently of Landers event.
  1. W — well-constrained slip rate; M — moderately constrained slip rate; P — poorly constrained slip rate; U — unconstrained slip rate.
  2. Maximum moment magnitude calculated from relationships (rupture area) derived by Wells and Coppersmith (1984).
  3. R.I. — recurrence interval.
  4. Down-dip width = (rupture bottom minus rupture top) divided by sine of dip angle.
  5. Top of rupture.
  6. Bottom of rupture.
  7. daz — dip azimuth.

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