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Unit 3: Introduction to Fault Scarp Analysis UNAVCO

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Page 1: Introduction to Fault Scarps

Unit 3: Introduction to

Fault Scarp Analysis

UNAVCO

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Scarp morphology

Modified from Wallace, 1977

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Types of scarps

Modified from Stewart and Hancock, 1990

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Types of scarps

Modified from Stewart and Hancock, 1990

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Scarp morphological evolution

Modified from Stewart and Hancock, 1990

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Example scarps

USGS, Chris Crosby

Hebgen Lake (1959) Wasatch Fault (~1985)

El Mayor-Cucapah (2010)

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Profile extraction

Chris Crosby

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Example profile

Indiana University Geologic Field Station

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Rupture length – maximum displacement

Modified from Wells and Coppersmith, 1994

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Rupture length – magnitude

Relationship between displacement length and earthquake magnitude M = Magnitude L = Length

All rupture types M = 5.08+1.16*log(L)

Strike slip rupture M = 5.16+1.12*log(L)

Reverse or thrust rupture M = 5.00+1.22*log(L)

Normal rupture M = 4.86+1.32*log(L)

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• Variables: fault scarp eroded material height, m (H) erosion rate, m/yr (ER) Recurrence interval, yr (RI)

• H / ER = RI• Use many estimated erosion rates to find

a recurrence interval that seems representative

Recurrence interval

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• Variables: dx: spacing between measurements dt: time between each calculation step k: transport rate of sediment

• Israel: 0.1 m2/ka• Basin and Range: 1 m2/ka• California/Michigan: 10 m2/ka

• Use the given spreadsheet, variables above, and your profile to model hillslope diffusion.

Hillslope diffusion