SUBDUCTION ZONE AND CRUSTAL DYNAMICS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON: A TECTONIC MODEL FOR EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS EVALUATION

By Dal Stanley, Antonio Villaseñor, and Harley Benz


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List of Illustrations

CONTENTS

Abstract

Introduction

Geological Setting

Gravity and Magnetic Maps of Washington

Magnetotelluric Profiles

Faults and Seismicity

Velocity Model Construction

Velocity Model 2D Cross-sections

Juan de Fuca Plate

Mafic Wedge

Olympic Mts. Sedimentary Complex

Juan de Fuca Plate Arch

Seattle Basin and SWCC

Crustal Terrane Boundary

3D Visualization of Velocity Results

Isosurfaces

Sedimentary Basins and SWCC

General Results From 3D Visualization of Cross-sections

S-wave Model

Interpretive Geological Cross-sections

East-west Transect Interpretation

Subduction Thrust Frictional States

North-South Transect Interpretation

Comparison of Cascadia With Other Subduction Zones

Implications for Interplate and Crustal Seismic Hazards

Subduction Zone Source Ground Motions

Seismicity Patterns

Deformation Modeling

Model Construction

Model Traction Limits

Model Stress Results

Pn Anistropy

Plate Interactions

Surface Velocities and Fault Slip Rates

Stress Origins and Seismicity in the Puget Lowland

1100 yr B.P. Deformation

Summary

Acknowledgments

References

Appendix A-Resolution Tests



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