Sgambato, C. and Faure Walker, J. and Roberts, Gerald P. (2019) Uncertainty in strain-rate from field 1 measurements of the geometry, rates and kinematics of active normal faults: implications for seismic hazard assessment. Journal of Structural Geology 131 , p. 103934. ISSN 0191-8141.
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Abstract
Multiple measurements of the geometry, kinematics and rates of slip across the Auletta fault (Campania, Italy) are presented, and we use these to determine: (1) the spatial resolution of field measurements needed to accurately calculate a representative strain-rate; (2) what aspects of the geometry and kinematics would introduce uncertainty with regard to the strain-rate if not measured in the field. We find that the magnitude of the post last-glacial maximum throw across the fault varies along strike. If such variations are unnoticed, different values for a representative strain-rate, hence different results in seismic hazard calculations, would be produced. To demonstrate this, we progressively degrade our dataset, calculating the implied strain-rate at each step. Excluding measurements can alter strain-rate results beyond 1σ uncertainty, thus we urge caution when using only one measurement of slip-rate for calculating hazard. We investigate the effect of approximating the throw profile along the fault with boxcar and triangular distributions and show that this can underestimate or overestimate the strain-rate, with results in the range of 72-237% of our most detailed strain-rate calculation. We discuss how improved understanding of the potential implied errors in strain-rate calculations from field structural data should be implemented in seismic hazard calculations.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | Active normal fault, Fault geometry, Strain-rate, Seismic hazardItaly |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Natural Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Gerald Roberts |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Dec 2019 06:37 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:56 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/30186 |
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