2000
DOI: 10.1029/2000gl008529
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New kinematic models for Pacific‐North America Motion from 3 Ma to Present, II: Evidence for a “Baja California Shear Zone”

Abstract: Modeled and measured velocities at coastal sites in Baja California south of the Agua Blanca fault, a region that most previous models consider Pacific plate, differ by 3-8 mm/yr, with coastal sites moving slower that the Pacific plate. We interpret these discrepancies in terms of strain accumulation on known on-shore faults, combined with right lateral slip at a rate of 3-4 mm/yr on additional faults offshore peninsular Baja California in the Pacific. Offshore seismicity, offset Quaternary features along the … Show more

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“…Stations SNI1 (San Nicolas Island), VNDP (Vandenberg), and SCIP (San Clemente Island) have velocities larger than 3 -5 mm/yr in the Pacific reference frame (Table 2) and are clearly not on the rigid part of the Pacific plate. Dixon et al [2000] suggest that the motion at VNDP is affected by strain accumulation on both the San Andreas and the San Gregorio-Hosgri faults. Motion at station SNI1 may reflect strain accumulation at a nearby fault parallel to the dominant plate boundary strike, as suggested by Beavan et al [2002].…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 95%
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“…Stations SNI1 (San Nicolas Island), VNDP (Vandenberg), and SCIP (San Clemente Island) have velocities larger than 3 -5 mm/yr in the Pacific reference frame (Table 2) and are clearly not on the rigid part of the Pacific plate. Dixon et al [2000] suggest that the motion at VNDP is affected by strain accumulation on both the San Andreas and the San Gregorio-Hosgri faults. Motion at station SNI1 may reflect strain accumulation at a nearby fault parallel to the dominant plate boundary strike, as suggested by Beavan et al [2002].…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…16, 1872, doi:10.1029/2003GL017732, 2003 but we do not know whether it is currently active. The nearest known active faults are the Agua Blanca fault in northern Baja [Dixon et al, 2000] and possibly the ToscoAbreojos fault [Spencer and Normark, 1979], the southward continuation of the San Benito fault.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Las anomalías magnéticas del piso oceánico de los centros de dispersión de la parte sur del Golfo y de su desemboque registraron una aceleración de 10 a 15% de la divergencia entre Baja California y la placa América del Norte (DeMets, 1995), pasando de una velocidad de 44.8 mm/a a los 3.58 Ma (anomalía 2An.3) a 49.8 mm/a a 0.78 Ma (anomalía 1n). Sin embargo, la velocidad del movimiento de la placa Pacífi co con respecto a la placa América del Norte es constante desde 3.16 Ma, lo que signifi ca que parte del movimiento se acomoda a lo largo de estructuras exteriores ubicadas al oeste del Golfo de California, como son la zona de falla Tosco-Abreojos y las fallas de la zona sísmica de Magdalena (Dixon et al, 2000;Fletcher y Munguía, 2000). El hecho que la velocidad de dicho movimiento es constante durante los últimos 3.16 millones de años, y que la velocidad de desplazamiento de Baja California con respecto a la misma placa América del Norte se incrementó hasta los 0.78 Ma, implica que la velocidad de desplazamiento a lo largo de la zona de falla Tosco-Abreojos disminuyó durante el mismo intervalo de tiempo, y que Baja California se desplazó con respecto a la placa Pacífi co antes de 0.78 Ma.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…b) Carta batimétrica del margen continental y del piso oceánico pacífi co (Smith y Sandwell, 1997), así como de una parte del Golfo de California a lo largo de Baja California Sur. A lo largo del margen pacífi co de la Península se distingue la zona de falla Tosco-Abreojos y las principales fallas activas de la zona sísmica de Magdalena (Dixon et al, 2000), así como del bloque de los Cabos y de la región de La Paz. La fi gura muestra también el sistema de fallas transformes y de los puntos de dispersión oceánica Farallón y Carmen en el Golfo de California.…”
Section: Introductionunclassified
“…The Eastern California Shear Zone (ECSZ) represents a zone of significant right lateral shear in western North America, accommodating ~20-25% of Pacific-North America motion (Lee et al, 2009;Dokka and Travis, 1990a;Dokka and Travis, 1990b;Savage et al, 1990;Sauber et al, 1994;Dixon et al, 2000;Miller et al, 2001;Bennett et al, 2003;Frankel et al, 2007) (Figure 1). Most of the remaining motion is accommodated by the San Andreas Fault.…”
Section: Geologic Background and Previous Workmentioning
confidence: 99%