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Global surface displacement data for assessing variability of displacement at a point on a fault

Open-File Report 2013-1305
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20131305

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Abstract

This report presents a global dataset of site-specific surface-displacement data on faults. We have compiled estimates of successive displacements attributed to individual earthquakes, mainly paleoearthquakes, at sites where two or more events have been documented, as a basis for analyzing inter-event variability in surface displacement on continental faults.


An earlier version of this composite dataset was used in a recent study relating the variability of surface displacement at a point to the magnitude-frequency distribution of earthquakes on faults, and to hazard from fault rupture (Hecker and others, 2013). The purpose of this follow-on report is to provide potential data users with an updated comprehensive dataset, largely complete through 2010 for studies in English-language publications, as well as in some unpublished reports and abstract volumes.

Suggested Citation

Hecker, S., Sickler, R., Feigelson, L., Abrahamson, N., Hassett, W., Rosa, C., Sanquini, A., 2014, Global surface displacement data for assessing variability of displacement at a point on a fault: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013-1305, Report: iv, 28 p.; Table 1, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20131305.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Global surface displacement data for assessing variability of displacement at a point on a fault
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 2013-1305
DOI 10.3133/ofr20131305
Year Published 2014
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Earthquake Science Center, Menlo Park Science Center
Description Report: iv, 28 p.; Table 1
Online Only (Y/N) Y
Additional Online Files (Y/N) Y
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