Theoretical and Modeling Studies of Strain Partitioning

Suny At Stony Brook, Stony Brook NY

Investigators

Abstract

9909559 Davis The question of how strain is partitioned at an oblique plate boundary is of considerable importance, but the distribution of convergent margin strain in space and by mechanism is not well understood, despite the fact that strain partitioning is fundamental to many aspects of the structural geology, tectonics and seismicity of those margins. This project will continue a theoretical and experimental modeling effort to understand the physics behind geodetic, seismic, and tectonic observations at oblique margins. Results are expected to help place understanding of strain partitioning on a firmer theoretical basis.