The Mendocino triple junction: Active faults, episodic coastal emergence, and rapid uplift

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 6051-6070

  Merritts, Dorothy J ^a  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULTING; HOLOCENE; SEISMICITY; TRIPLE JUNCTION; UPLIFT;

USA, CALIFORNIA, MENDOCINO TRIPLE JUNCTION;

EID: 0029731644     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jb01816     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. Atwater, B. F., Evidence for great Holocene earthquakes along the outer coast of Washington State, Science, 236, 942-944, 1987.
2. Bard, E., B. Hamelin, and R. G. Fairbanks, U-Th ages obtained by mass spectrometry in corals from Barbados: Sea level during the past 130,000 years, Nature, 346, 456-458, 1990.
3. Beutner, E.C., R.J. McLaughlin, H.N. Ohlinand, D.H. Sorg, Geologic map of the King Range and Chemise Mountain Instant Study Areas, northern California, scale 1:62,500, U.S. Geol. Surv. Misc. Field Stud. Map, MF-1196-A, 1 sheet and explanation, 1980.
4. Bilham, R., and G. P. C. King, The morphology of strike-slip faults: Examples from the San Andreas fault, California, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 10,204-10,216, 1989.
5. Bloom, A. L., and N. Yonekura, Graphic analysis of dislocated Quaternary shorelines, in Sea Level Change, edited by Geophysics Study Committee, pp. 104-115, Nat. Acad. Press, Washington, D. C., 1990.
6. 234U dates from the Huon Peninsula, New Guinea, Quat. Res. 4, 185-205, 1974.
7. Brown, R. D., 1906 surface faulting on the San Andreas fault, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 85, 100-110, 1995.
8. Burgmann, R., Deformation associated with discontinuities along strike-slip faults, doctoral dissertation, 248 pp., Stanford Univ., Stanford, Calif., 1993.
9. Carver, G. A., A. S. Jayko, D. W. Valentine, and W. H. Li, Coastal uplift associated with the 1992 Cape Mendocino earthquake, northern California, Geology, 22, 195-198, 1994.
10. Chappell, J., and H. A. Polach, Holocene sea level changes and coral reef growth at Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea, Nature, 349, 147-149, 1991.
11. Clark, J. A., W. E. Farrell, and W. R. Peltier, Global changes in postglacial sea level: A numerical calculation, Quat. Res., 9, 265-287, 1978.
12. Clarke, S. H., Jr., Geology of the Eel River Basin and adjacent region, AAPG Bull, 76, 2, 199-224, 1992.
13. Clarke, S. H. Jr., and G. A. Carver, Late Holocene tectonics and paleoseismicity, southern Cascadia subduction zone, Science, 255, 188-192, 1992.
14. Curray, J. R., and R. D. Nason, San Andreas fault north of Point Arena, CA, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 78, 413-418, 1967.
15. Dengler, L., G. A. Carver, and R. McPherson, Sources of north coast seismicity, Calif. Geol., 45, 40-53, 1993.
16. Dumitru, T., Major Quaternary uplift along the northernmost San Andreas fault, King Range, northwestern CA, Geology, 19, 526-529, 1991.
17. Edwards, R. L., J. H. Chen, T. L. Ku, and G. J. Wasserburg, Precise timing of the last interglacial period from mass spectrometric determination of thorium-230 in corals, Science, 236, 1547-1553, 1987.
18. Fairbanks, R. G., A 17,000-year glacio-eustatic sea level record: Influence of glacial melting rates on the Younger Dryas event and deep-ocean circulation. Nature, 342, 637-642, 1989.
19. Gee, L. S., R. A. Uhrhammer, and B. Romanowicz, Source parameters and rupture characteristics of the Gorda basin earthquakes and their tectonic implications (abstract), Eos Trans. AGU, 72(44), Fall. Meet. Suppl., 312, 1991.
20. Gibb, J. G., A New Zealand regional Holocene eustatic sea-level curve and its application to determination of vertical tectonic movements: A contribution to IGCP-Project 200, R. Soc. of N, Z., Bull. 24, 377-395, 1986.
21. Hull, A. G., A late Holocene marine terrace on the Kidnappers Coast, North Island, New Zealand: Some implications for shore platform development processes and uplift mechanism, Quat. Res., 28, 183-195, 1987.
22. Johnson, R., Interpretation and correlation of Holocene coastal debris flow fans near the Mendocino triple junction, in A Look at the Southern End of the Cascadia Subduction Zone and the Mendocino Triple Junction, Field Trip Guidebook, edited by R. M. Burke and G. A. Carver, pp. 252-256, Pac. Cell, Friends of the Pleistocene, North. Coastal Calif., Humboldt State Univ., Arcata, Calif, 1992.
23. King, G. C. P., and J. Nabelek, Role of fault bends in the initiation and termination of earthquake rupture, Science, 228, 984-987, 1985.
24. Lajoie, K. R., Coastal tectonics, in Active Tectonics: Studies in Geophysics Series, pp. 95-124, Geophys. Res. Forum, Nat. Acad. Press, Washington, D. C., 1986.
25. Lajoie, K. R., A.M. Sarna-Wojcicki, and Y. Ota, Emergent Holocene marine terraces at Ventura and Cape Mendocino, California - Indicators of high tectonic uplift rates, Geol. Soc. Am. Abstr. with Programs, 14 (4), 178, 1982.
26. Lawson, A. C., The California earthquake of April 18, 1906: Report of the State Earthquake Investigation Commission, 3 vols., Carnegie Inst. Washington Publ., 87, 1 atlas, 1908.
27. McCulloch, D. S., Regional geology and hydrocarbon potential of off-shore central California, in Geology and Resource Potential of the Continental Margin of Western North America and Adjacent Ocean Basins - Beaufort Sea to Baja California, Earth Sci. Ser. vol. 6, edited by D. W. Scholl, A. Grantz, and J. G. Vedder, pp. 353-401, CircumPac. Counc. for Energy and Miner. Resour., Houston, Texas, 1987.
28. McLaughlin, R.J., D.H. Sorg, J. L. Morton, J. N. Batchelder, C. Heropolous, H. N. Ohlig, and M. B. Norman, Timing of sulfide mineralization and elimination of the San Andreas fault at Point Delgada, California, (abstract), Eos Trans. AGU, 60, 883, 1979.
29. McLaughlin, R.J., S. A. Kling, R. Z. Poore, K. McDougall, and E. C. Beutner, Post-middle Miocene accretion of Franciscan Rocks, northwestern California, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 93, 595-605, 1982.
30. McLaughlin, R.J., K.R. Lajoie, D.H. Sorg, S.D. Morrison, and J. A. Wolfe, Tectonic uplift of a middle Wisconsin marine platform near the Mendocino triple junction, California, Geology, 11, 35-39, 1983.
31. McLaughlin, R.J., D.H. Sorg, J. L. Morton, T. G. Theodore, C. E. Meyer, and M. H. Delevaux, Paragenesis and tectonic significance of base and precious metal occurrences along the San Andreas fault at Point Delgada, California, Econ. Geol., 80, 344-359, 1985.
32. McLaughlin, R. J., W. V. Sliter, N. O. Frederiksen, W. P. Harbert, and D. S. McCulloch, Plate motions recorded in tectonostratigraphic terranes of the Franciscan complex and evolution of the Mendocino triple junction, northwestern California, U.S. Geol. Surv. Bull., 1997, 60 pp., 1994.
33. McPherson, R. C., and L. A. Dengler, The Honeydew earthquake, August 17, 1991, Calif. Geol. 45, 31-39, 1992.
34. Merritts, D. J., and W. B. Bull, Interpreting Quaternary uplift rates at the Mendocino triple junction, northern California, from uplifted marine terraces, Geology, 17, 1020-1024, 1989.
35. Merritts, D. J., and K. R. Vincent, Geomorphic response of coastal streams to low, intermediate, and high rates of uplift, Mendocino triple junction region, northern California, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 100, 1373-1388, 1989.
36. Merritts, D. J., O. A. Chadwick, and D. M. Hendricks, Rates and processes of soil evolution on uplifted marine terraces, northern California, Geoderma, 51, 241-275, 1991.
37. Merritts, D. J., T. B. Dunklin, K. R. Vincent, E. E. Wohl, and W. B. Bull, Quaternary tectonics and topography, Mendocino triple junction, in A Look at the Southern End of the Cascadia Subduction Zone and the Mendocino Triple Junction, Field Trip Guidebook, edited by R. M. Burke and G. A. Carver, pp. 119-169, Pac. Cell, Friends of the Pleistocene, North. Coastal Calif., Humboldt State Univ., Arcata, Calif., 1992a.
38. Merritts, D. J., O. A. Chadwick, D. M. Hendricks, G. H. Brimhall, and C. J. Lewis, The mass balance of soil evolution on late Quaternary marine terraces, northern California, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 104, 1476-1499, 1992b.
39. Merritts, D., K. Vincent, and E. E. Wohl, Long river profiles, tectonism, and eustasy: A guide to interpreting fluvial terraces, J. Geophys. Res. 99, 14,031-14,050, 1994.
40. Oppenheimer, D., et al., The Cape Mendocino, California, earthquake sequence of April, 1992: Subduction at the triple junction, Science, 261, 433-438, 1993.
41. Ota, Y., Marine terraces as reference surfaces in late Quaternary tectonics studies: Examples from the Pacific Rim, Bull. R. Soc. of N. Z., 24, 357-375, 1986.
42. Ota, Y., A. G. Hull, and K. R. Berryman, Coseismic uplift of Holocene marine terraces in the Pakarae River area, eastern North Island, New Zealand, Quat. Res., 35, 331-346, 1991.
43. Ota, Y., J. Chappell, R. Kelley, N. Yonekura, E. Matsumoto, T. Nishimura, and J. Head, Holocene coral reef terraces and coseismic uplift of Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea, Quat. Res. 40, 177-188, 1993.
44. Plafker, G., Tectonics of the March 27, 1964 Alaska earthquake, U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Pap., 543-1, 74 pp., 1969.
45. Plafker, G., Alaskan earthquake of 1964 and Chilean earthquake of 1960: Implications for arc tectonics, J. Geophy. Res. 77, 901-925, 1972.
46. Plafker, G., and J. C. Savage, Mechanism of the Chilean earthquakes of May 21 and May 22, 1960, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 81, 1001-1030, 1970.
47. Prentice, C. S., Earthquake geology of the northern San Andreas fault near Point Arena, California, Ph. D. thesis, 349 pp. Calif. Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, 1989.
48. Prentice, C. S., D. K. Keefer, and J. Sims, Geomorphic response to the Cape Mendocino earthquake, Earthquakes Volcanoes, 23, 123-134, 1992.
49. Simila, G., and K. McNally, Summary findings from field studies of the October 18, 1989 Santa Cruz Mountains mainshock aftershock sequence, Eos Trans. AGU, 71, 1455, 1990.
50. Sylvester, A., Strike-slip faults, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 100, 1666-1703, 1988.
51. Talma, A. S., and J. C. Vogel, A simplified approach to calibrating C14 dates. Radiocarbon, 35, 317-322, 1993.
52. Vogel, J. C., A. Fuls, E. Visser, and B. Becker, Pretoria calibration curve for short lived samples, Radiocarbon, 33, 73-86, 1993.
53. Wallace, R. E., The San Andreas fault system, California, U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Pap., 1515, 283 pp., 1990.