Using a landscape fingerprint to identify changes in fault-slip behavior

• DOI: 10.1130/g52156.1
• Publication Date: 2024-08-20T19:06:27Z
• Authors: Emily O. Ross; Jacqueline E. Reber; Sarah J. Titus; Antonio F. García
• Keywords: DegreeDisciplines::Physical Sciences and Mathematics::Earth Sciences::Geology; 01 natural sciences; 004; 0105 earth and related environmental sciences

Abstract The Gabilan mesa tilts gently southwest away from the San Andreas fault in central California (western United States). Rather than attributing its existence to plate convergence, we argue that this large landform developed response a change slip behavior along fault. Our interpretation is based on results physical experiments. When isolate (i.e., creeping locked) as only variable influencing deformation, half-dome feature forms alongside transition and mimics shape location of adjacent We show other examples features North Anatolian (Turkey), Philippine, Chaman (Afghanistan-Pakistan) faults, suggesting these domed landforms may provide indications transitions poorly monitored faults.