Bridging earthquakes and mountain building in the Santa Cruz Mountains, CA

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dc.contributor.authorBaden, Curtis W.
dc.contributor.authorShuster, David L.
dc.contributor.authorAron, Felipe
dc.contributor.authorFosdick, Julie C.
dc.contributor.authorBurgmann, Roland
dc.contributor.authorHilley, George E.
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T21:12:05Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T21:12:05Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractRelative crustal motions along active faults generate earthquakes, and repeated earthquake cycles build mountain ranges over millions of years. However, the long-term summation of elastic, earthquake-related deformation cannot produce the deformation recorded within the rock record. Here, we provide an explanation for this discrepancy by showing that increases in strain facilitated by plastic deformation of Earth's crust during the earthquake cycle, in conjunction with isostatic deflection and erosion, transform relative fault motions that produce individual earthquakes to geologic deformations. We focus our study on the data-rich Santa Cruz Mountains, CA, USA and compare predicted and observed quantities for rock uplift, apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronology, topographic relief, Be-10-based erosion rates, and interseismic surface velocities. This approach reconciles these disparate records of mountain-building processes, allowing us to explicitly bridge decadal measures of deformation with that produced by millions of years of plate motion.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1126/sciadv.abi6031
dc.identifier.issn2375-2548
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abi6031
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/93643
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000763313300005
dc.issue.numero8
dc.language.isoen
dc.revistaScience advances
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subject.ods11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
dc.subject.odspa11 Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles
dc.titleBridging earthquakes and mountain building in the Santa Cruz Mountains, CA
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen8
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sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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