Input parameters, output data, and script to calculate strain and velocity from fault source parameters

This archive contains two data tables, one script, and one dataset to accompany the paper:

Strain and velocity across the Great Basin derived from 15-ka fault slip rates: Implications for continuous deformation and seismic hazard in the Walker Lane

Nadine G. Reitman¹  and Peter Molnar^1,2

¹Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder

²Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder

The data tables contain the input source fault parameters (fault strike, dip, rake, length, location, and slip rate) and the contribution to strain calculated for each fault relative to 317 degrees using the associated script. The script uses the methods of Kostrov (1974) and Haines (1982) to calculate strain and velocity across the Great Basin using slip rates reported in the USGS National Seismic Hazard Map (2020 update of the 2014 data, Petersen et al, 2014) and Pérouse & Wernicke (2017). The script is written in Python3 and requires the user to have some knowledge of how to run Python code. The included dataset (hazfaults_clean.p) contains the data to run the script for the USGS fault sources. 

Please contact nadine.reitman@colorado.edu with questions.