Investigating seismic hazard across timescales using field methods and numerical modeling

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Betsy Madden, San Jose State University

Seismic hazard assessments currently depend on fault slip rates, the cumulative offset over many earthquakes along individual faults, to determine the probability of earthquakes of a certain magnitude over a certain time period and potential ground motions. Geologic fault slip rates are estimated by a combination of field and laboratory techniques. Such data can be generated synthetically with mechanical models that capture slip rate variations along complex, three-dimensional fault networks. I will discuss opportunities provided by these synthetic data, as well as integration of the results with dynamic rupture models of individual earthquakes.

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