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Title: SAN ANDREAS FAULT STRESSES
Description:
The seventeen images comprising this dataset represent the
calculated horizontal shear stress on a vertical slice across the
San Andreas fault zone. The calculations are from a finite
element model which simulates the accumulation and release of
strain on a strike slip fault which cuts through an elastic /
viscoelastic earth model. Earthquakes occur periodically in
this model with a period of 162 years, and the time interval
between frames is 10 years. The vertical scale is somewhat
exaggerated in the displayed images; the vertical range of
depths is 0 - 15 km, while the lateral width of the image is
200 km. The range of shear stress magnitudes displayed by the
image palette is 0 - 130 MPa (0 - 1300 bars).
Earthquakes occur when stress on the fault (center of image)
exceeds 100 MPa. The earthquake relieves the stress down to a
level of 10 Mpa, starting the next accumulation cycle. Since
the cycle is periodic, viewing the animation repeatedly with
NCSA Image provides visualization of the migration of stress
on succcesive earthquake cycles.
The 17 frames are provided in NCSA DataScope HDF format.
These files include both floating point data (60 x 68 points)
and HDF color image data (240 x 408 pixels). They also include
an HDF palette which has been selected to bring out features
of interest. This notice is included in the notebook of
the first HDF file in the sequence ( SAF006 ).
Generation:
The original model data were generated using a geophysical
finite element code called "visco" running on the Ames Research
Center/NAS Cray Y-MP supercomputer. The simulation required
approximately 2000 seconds of Y-MP cpu time. The HDF data sets
given here were generated from ASCII data using NCSA DataScope
running on a Macintosh II. NCSA Image was used to display
the animation.
Authors:
Gregory A. Lyzenga
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mail Stop 238-332
Pasadena, CA 91109
email: gregl@hyper-sun7.jpl.nasa.gov
phone: (818) 354-6920
Arthur Raefsky
201 AEL
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305
email: arthur@pudleys.stanford.edu
phone: (415) 723-4138
Reference:
Kroger, P. M., G. A. Lyzenga, K. S. Wallace, and J. M. Davidson,
Tectonic Motion in the Western United States Inferred from
Very Long Baseline Interferometry Measurements, 1980-1986,
J. Geophys. Res., 92, 14151-14163 (1988)