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Viscoelastic deformation near active plate boundaries (Document No: 19860023437)
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Ward, S. N. |
| Copyright Year | 1986 |
| Description | Model deformations near the active plate boundaries of Western North America using space-based geodetic measurements as constraints are discussed. The first six months of this project were spent gaining familarity with space-based measurements, accessing the Crustal Dynamics Data Information Computer, and building time independent deformation models. The initial goal was to see how well the simplest elastic models can reproduce very long base interferometry (VLBI) baseline data. From the Crustal Dynamics Data Information Service, a total of 18 VLBI baselines are available which have been surveyed on four or more occasions. These data were fed into weighted and unweighted inversions to obtain baseline closure rates. Four of the better quality lines are illustrated. The deformation model assumes that the observed baseline rates result from a combination of rigid plate tectonic motions plus a component resulting from elastic strain build up due to a failure of the plate boundary to slip at the full plate tectonic rate. The elastic deformation resulting from the locked plate boundary is meant to portray interseismic strain accumulation. During and shortly after a large interplate earthquake, these strains are largely released, and points near the fault which were previously retarded suddenly catch up to the positions predicted by rigid plate models. Researchers judge the quality of fit by the sum squares of weighted residuals, termed total variance. The observed baseline closures have a total variance of 99 (cm/y)squared. When the RM2 velocities are assumed to model the data, the total variance increases to 154 (cm/y)squared. |
| File Size | 339786 |
| Page Count | 9 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19860023437 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t7gr1sr88 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1986-10-03 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Geophysics Deformation Earth Crust Very Long Base Interferometry Earthquakes Plates Tectonics Proving Geodesy Crustal Fractures Mathematical Models Tectonics Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
