THE IMPORTANCE OF STRESS TRANSFER IN UNDERSTANDING EARTHQUAKES

• San Andreas fault
• Cascadia subduction zone
• Anatolian fault

1) The San Andreas Fault (and sub faults)

Landers/Big Bear: http://quake.usgs.gov/research/deformation/modeling/animations/index.html

http://www.mala.bc.ca/~earles/parkfield-oct05.htm

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq3/where.html

http://www.icdp-online.de/contenido/icdp/upload/projects/safod/Calif_Parkfield_pilothole.gif

2) The Cascadia subduction zone

http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/geodyn/images/mega11.gif

http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/geodyn/gpscrust_e.php

http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/geodyn/gpscrust_e.php#intro

http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/geodyn/casaction_e.php

2) The Anatolian fault, Turkey

Izmit and Duzce earthquakes, Aug and Nov. 1999

1997 paper: http://quake.usgs.gov/research/deformation/modeling/papers/anatolia.html

2002 paper: http://quake.usgs.gov/research/deformation/modeling/papers/parsonsetal2002/ist_seismhaz.html

Animations:

http://quake.usgs.gov/research/deformation/modeling/animations/index.html