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Heat Flow and the Seismogenic Zone in Southern California Colin F. Williams USGS, Menlo Park, CA U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey
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Depth of seismicity in Southern California (after Nazareth and Hauksson, 2004)
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Heat Flow in California
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Landers EQ, Heat Flow and Seismic-Aseismic Transition
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Heat Flow in Ventura and LA Basins
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SHLK RDS
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Observations Observed pattern of seismicity depth cut-off consistent with variations in heat flow Imperial Valley – Hi HF and Shallow Seismicity Landers – Consistent Variations in HF, Seismicity and Rupture depth along strike Ventura Basin – Lo HF and Deep Seismicity San Gregorio Pass – No HF Constraint Temperature for the seismic-aseismic transition is ~350 to 400 o C for most of southern California but is lower (~250-300 o C ??) in the Mojave, probably due to lithologic variations Improved EQ catalogues key to quantitative evaluation
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