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DOI | 10.1038/s41598-018-30622-3 |
Sedimentary signals of recent faulting along an old strand of the San Andreas Fault, USA | |
Fosdick, Julie C.1,2; Blisniuk, Kimberly3 | |
通讯作者 | Fosdick, Julie C. |
来源期刊 | SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
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ISSN | 2045-2322 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 8 |
英文摘要 | Continental transform fault systems are fundamental features in plate tectonics. These complex systems often constitute multiple fault strands with variable spatio-temporal histories. Here, we re-evaluate the complex history of the San Andreas Fault along a restraining bend in southern California (USA). The Mission Creek strand of the San Andreas Fault is a major geologic structure with similar to 90 km of strike-slip displacement but is currently mapped as inactive. Quaternary deposits record sediment dispersal across the fault from upland catchments and yield key markers of the fault’s displacement history. Our sediment provenance analysis from the Deformed Gravels of Whitewater and the Cabezon Fanglomerate provide detrital geochronologic and lithologic signatures of potential sources within the San Bernardino Mountains and Little San Bernardino Mountains. Statistical analysis shows that the Cabezon Fanglomerate is most compatible with the Mission Creek and Morongo Valley Canyon sources, rather than the Whitewater Canyon as previously suggested. We propose that displacement since deposition similar to 500-100 ka across the Mission Creek strand has separated these deposits from their original sources. These findings challenge the current paradigm that the Mission Creek strand is inactive and suggest that the fault continues to be a primary structure in accommodating deformation along the Pacific-North American plate boundary. |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000441538200025 |
WOS关键词 | DETRITAL ZIRCON PROVENANCE ; MISSION CREEK STRAND ; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ; SLIP RATES ; LARGE EARTHQUAKES ; BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS ; TECTONIC EVOLUTION ; GORGONIO PASS ; UNITED-STATES ; PALMS OASIS |
WOS类目 | Multidisciplinary Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/213091 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Connecticut, Dept Geog, Storrs, CT 06269 USA; 2.Univ Connecticut, Ctr Integrat Geosci, Storrs, CT 06269 USA; 3.San Jose State Univ, Dept Geol, San Jose, CA 95192 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Fosdick, Julie C.,Blisniuk, Kimberly. Sedimentary signals of recent faulting along an old strand of the San Andreas Fault, USA[J],2018,8. |
APA | Fosdick, Julie C.,&Blisniuk, Kimberly.(2018).Sedimentary signals of recent faulting along an old strand of the San Andreas Fault, USA.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,8. |
MLA | Fosdick, Julie C.,et al."Sedimentary signals of recent faulting along an old strand of the San Andreas Fault, USA".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 8(2018). |
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